Virgil's Æneis, translated into Scottish verse, by The Famous Gawin Douglas Bishop of Dunkeld. A new edition. Wherein the many errors of the former are corrected, and the Defects supply'd, from an excellent Manuscript. To which is added a large glossary, Explaining the Difficult Words: Which may serve for a Dictionary to the Old Scottish Language. And to the whole is prefix'd an exact account of the author's life and writings, from the best Histories and Records.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Virgil.

Standardized Title:

Aeneis. English

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Scots language.

English language--Dialects--Scotch.

English language.

Physical Description:

1 online resource ([6],19,[1],iv,[4],486,[96]p. )

Other Title:

Virgil's ?neis,

Place of Publication:

Edinburgh : printed by Mr. Andrew Symson, and Mr. Robert Freebairn, and sold at their Shops, MDCCX. [1710]

Notes:

'The life of Gawin Douglas' is by John Sage.

The glossary, which is unpaginated, is by Thomas Ruddiman.

Includes the additional book translated from Mapheus Vegius.

With a list of subscribers.

The arrangement of the preliminaries varies from copy to copy. The preliminaries are: titlepage ([2]p.); titlepage to 1553 ed. ([2]p.); 'The life of Gawin Douglas' (19,[1]p.); 'The judgment and testimonies' (ivp.); preface ([4]p.) and the list of subscribers ([4]p.).

The main text begins on p. 3 (sig. A2); the titlepage to the 1553 ed. (unsigned) may have been intended to be pp. 1-2.

Reproduction of original from British Library.

Cited in:

English Short Title Catalog, T139442.

OCLC:

642413013