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pastoral poetry, latin5
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Virgil78
Dryden, John (1631-1700)8
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Le Bossu, Rene (1631-1680)5
Martyn, John (1699-1768)5
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The Æneis of Virgil, translated into blank verse (v.1)

Virgil; Trapp, Joseph (1679-1747)

1718-20

Vol.1.: books 1-6; vol.2.: books 7-12. Text of vol.2 continues pagination and signatures of vol.1. Preliminaries to vol.2 (frontispiece, title, licence and Supplement to the list of subscribers) com...

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The Æneis of Virgil, translated into blank verse (v.2)

Virgil; Trapp, Joseph (1679-1747)

1718-20

Vol.1.: books 1-6; vol.2.: books 7-12. Text of vol.2 continues pagination and signatures of vol.1. Preliminaries to vol.2 (frontispiece, title, licence and Supplement to the list of subscribers) com...

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Turnus and Drances : being an attempt to shew, who the two real persons were, that Virgil intended to represent under those two characters

Beare, William (1758)

1750

Attempts to demonstrate that Turnus and Drances respectively represent Antony and Cicero. Imprimatur dated Feb. 13, 1749.

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Scarronnides: or, Virgile travestie : A mock-poem. In imitation of the fourth book of Virgils Æneis in English, burlesque

Cotton, Charles (1630-1687)

1665

By Charles Cotton. State with version of gathering A where p. 1 has the heading "Virgile travestie" and the running-title "Virgile travestie" throughout. Publisher's device on final leaf. Publis...

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Poems and translations : with The Sophy

Denham, Sir John (1615-1669); Virgil

1668

"The destruction of Troy" and "The Sophy" have special title-pages dated 1667, "Printed by J.M."; the latter has also separate pagination. Sig. F2-F4 are cancels; Sig. Dd1 signed D; p. 17 wrongly nu...

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Scarronnides: or, Virgile travestie : A mock-poem, on the second book of Virgil's Ænæis in English burlesque

Cotton, Charles (1630-1687)

1692

Attributed to Cotton in Wing (2nd ed) and NUC but possibly incorrectly, Cotton only being known to have travestied Books 1 and 4 of the Aeneid; this version, evidently the first printing of the burles...

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Poems on several occasions and translations : wherein the first and second books of Virgil's Æneis are attempted in English

Fletcher, Thomas (1666-1713); Virgil

1692

First ed. Cf. NUC pre-1956. "Licensed, Robert Midgley, Jan. 11, 1691" -- p. [1]. Advertisement on p. [1]-[2] at end.

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Monsieur Bossu's treatise of the epick poem : containing many curious reflexions, very useful and necessary for the right understanding and judging of the excellencies of Homer and Virgil (v.1)

Le Bossu, René (1631-1680); W. J; Dacier, André (1651-1722); Fontenelle M. de (1657-1757); Le Courayer, Pierre François (1681-1776); Motteux, Peter Anthony (1660-1718)

1719

Contents: v. 1. Preface of the translator. A discourse of... to Monsieur the abbot knight of Morsan. A memoire concerning the Reverend Father Bossu, sent to M....... by the Reverend Father Courayer (p...

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Monsieur Bossu's treatise of the epick poem : containing many curious reflexions, very useful and necessary for the right understanding and judging of the excellencies of Homer and Virgil (v.2)

Le Bossu, René (1631-1680); W. J; Dacier, André (1651-1722); Fontenelle M. de (1657-1757); Le Courayer, Pierre François (1681-1776); Motteux, Peter Anthony (1660-1718)

1719

Contents: v. 1. Preface of the translator. A discourse of... to Monsieur the abbot knight of Morsan. A memoire concerning the Reverend Father Bossu, sent to M....... by the Reverend Father Courayer (p...

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Monsieur Bossu's treatise of the epick poem : containing many curious reflexions, very useful and necessary for the right understanding and judging of the excellencies of Homer and Virgil (v.1)

Le Bossu, René (1631-1680); W. J; Dacier, André (1651-1722); Fontenelle M. de (1657-1757); Le Courayer, Pierre François (1681-1776); Motteux, Peter Anthony (1660-1718)

1719

Contents: v. 1. Preface of the translator. A discourse of... to Monsieur the abbot knight of Morsan. A memoire concerning the Reverend Father Bossu, sent to M....... by the Reverend Father Courayer (p...

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Monsieur Bossu's treatise of the epick poem : containing many curious reflexions, very useful and necessary for the right understanding and judging of the excellencies of Homer and Virgil (v.2)

Le Bossu, René (1631-1680); W. J; Dacier, André (1651-1722); Fontenelle M. de (1657-1757); Le Courayer, Pierre François (1681-1776); Motteux, Peter Anthony (1660-1718)

1719

Contents: v. 1. Preface of the translator. A discourse of... to Monsieur the abbot knight of Morsan. A memoire concerning the Reverend Father Bossu, sent to M....... by the Reverend Father Courayer (p...

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