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VERGILIUS MARO, Publius (70-19 B.C.). Works. John
VERGILIUS MARO, Publius (70-19 B.C.). Works. John
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VERGILIUS MARO, Publius (70-19 B.C.). Works. John Dryden, translator. London, 1697.

Folio (355 x 216 mm). Title-page printed in red and black within double rule border. Engraved frontispiece by M. Vander Gucht, and 101 engraved plates after F. Cleyn, most by W. Hollar and P. Lombart. (Tears to a few leaves and ca 5 plates with repairs, some browning or spotting.) Contemporary blind-panelled calf (rebacked preserving old lettering-piece gilt, endpapers renewed).  Provenance: Hugh Earle of Loudoun Lord Machline (engraved bookplate).

FIRST EDITION OF DRYDEN'S TRANSLATION, an early example of publication by subscription. 101 subscribers at five guineas had their coat-of-arms printed beneath the engravings; there were an additional 252 subscribers at two guineas. The plates in the present edition were first produced for Ogilby's Virgil of 1654. ESTC R26296; Wing V-616.


Property from the Collection of Edward A. Quattrocchi
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VERGILIUS MARO, Publius (70-19 B.C.). Works. John

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