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The works of Virgil : containing his Pastorals, Georgics, and Aeneis / Translated into English verse by Mr. Dryden ; Adorn'd with a hundred sculptures.

LIBRA - Athenaeum of Philadelphia BI Oversize 1697 Virgil
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Kislak Center for Special Collections - Rare Book Collection Folio PA6807.A1 D7 1697
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Kislak Center for Special Collections - Rare Book Collection Folio PA6807.A1 D7 1697 copy 2
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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Virgil.
Contributor:
Virgil.
Dryden, John, 1631-1700.
Hollar, Wenceslaus, 1607-1677.
Cleyn, Franz, 1590?-1658.
Lombart, Pierre, 1612-1682.
Gucht, Michael van der, 1660-1725.
Tonson, Jacob, 1656?-1736, Bookseller.
British Imprints Collection (Athenaeum of Philadelphia)
Dryden, John, 1631-1700, translator.
Standardized Title:
Works. English. 1697
Language:
English
Latin
Subjects (All):
Virgil--Translations into English.
Virgil.
Pastoral poetry, Latin--Translations into English.
Pastoral poetry, Latin.
Didactic poetry, Latin--Translations into English.
Didactic poetry, Latin.
Epic poetry, Latin--Translations into English.
Epic poetry, Latin.
Aeneas (Legendary character)--Poetry.
Aeneas.
Country life--Poetry.
Country life.
Agriculture--Poetry.
Agriculture.
Genre:
Poetry.
Leather bindings (Binding).
Embossed bindings (Binding)
Gilt edges (Binding).
Penn Provenance:
Jervis, Henry Zachariah (bookplate) (copy 1)
Elias, Archibald C. (donor) (copy 2)
Whytell (autograph, Feb. 18, 1769) (copy 2)
Physical Description:
[56], 48 pages, [12], 49-147 pages, [49], 201-640 pages, [101] leaves of plates : illustrations ; 45 cm (folio)
Fingerprint:
sete N.t, s.s: d;d, (3) 1697 (R)
Place of Publication:
London : Printed for Jacob Tonson, at the Judges-Head in Fleetstreet, near the Inner-Temple-Gate, M DCXCVII. [1697]
Notes:
Title page in red and black.
Title page is a cancel, reissued from 690 p. edition (Wing V616A).
In verse.
Frontis. plate signed by Michael vander Gucht. Most plates engraved by Wenceslaus Hollar or Pierre Lombart, from drawings by Franz Cleyn.
Each illustration contains a dedication to some contemporary public figure.
Local Notes:
Athenaeum copy: Bound in brown leather with embossed design on front and rear covers; gilding around edges and spine.
Some ms. notes from a former owner inserted in copy 2.
Athenaeum copy: Gift: Mr. & Mrs. P. Biddle, 1973; ex libris Nathan Wright of Englefield.
Cited in:
Wing V616.
ESTC R26296
Library of Congress. Lessing J. Rosenwald collection, 1548
OCLC:
2430799

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