Publii Virgilii Maronis Bucolica, Georgica, et Æneis.
Virgil (Publius Vergilius Maro) (70-19 BC)
Category
Books
Date
1766
Materials
Place of origin
Birmingham
Collection
Chirk Castle, Wrexham
NT 3003377
Summary
Bibliographic description
[2],388p.,plate . 8vo.. Previous shelfmark: H.3.16. Imperfect: wanting plate. Without the extra 'Recensuit' leaf after A1. Not identified in 1796 inventory. Christie's, 21 June, 2004, lot 645.. Provenance: Bookplate: Chirk Castle R. E. Myddelton [i.e. Robert Edward Myddelton (1866-1949)]; crest, signed and dated: W.P.B. 1914.. Binding: Eighteenth-century sprinkled calf binding; gilt roll on board edges; gold-tooled spine.
Makers and roles
Virgil (Publius Vergilius Maro) (70-19 BC) John Baskerville (1706-1775), printer