The works of Virgil : containing his Pastorals, Georgics, and Aeneis
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Type of record: Book
Title: The works of Virgil : containing his Pastorals, Georgics, and Aeneis
Classmark: BC Lt quarto DRY
Creator(s): Virgil
Additional creator(s): Dryden, John (1631-1700) (Other); Cleyn, Franz (1582-1658) (Other); Hollar, Wenceslaus (1607-1677) (Other); Lombart, Pierre (1612-1682) (Other)
Related people: Virgil
Publisher: printed for Jacob Tonson
Publication city: London
Date(s): 1698
Language: English
Size and medium: 2 unnumbered pages, 690 pages, 102 unnumbered leaves of plates
Persistent link: https://explore.library.leeds.ac.uk/special-collections-explore/272508
Printed items catalogue: https://leeds.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/discovery/fulldisplay?vid=44LEE_INST:VU1&docid=alma991018219899705181
Collection group(s): English Literature
Description
Title page printed in red and black.
Added illustrated t.p., engraved.
Each plate is dedicated to one of the subscribers and has his coat of arms below the illustration.
Most illustrations signed by F. Cleyn, W. Hollar and/or P. Lombart.
Contents: The life of Pub. Virgilius Maro -- Pref. to the Pastorals, with a short defence of Virgil, against some of the reflexions of Monsieur Fontanelle -- [Five poems to Dryden, on his translation] -- [Subscription lists] -- Virgil's Pastorals -- An essay on the Georgics -- Virgil's Georgics -- Virgil's Aeneis -- Postscript to the reader -- Notes & observations on Virgil's works in English.
Indexed in: Wing V617; Macdonald 33c.
Additional description
Armorial bookplate of James Ogilvie, 4th Earl of Findlater and 1st Earl of Seafield, Secretary of State for Scotland, 1698, pasted on verso of title-leaf. Two shelfmarks inside front cover
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