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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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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Virgil.
- 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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