The works of Virgil translated into English prose, . as near the original as the different idioms of the Latin and English languages will allow. With the Latin text and order of construction in the opposite page; and ... a very great number of notes intirely new. ... In two volumes. ...
Virgil (Publius Vergilius Maro) (70-19 BC)
Category
Books
Date
1743
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Erddig, Wrexham
NT 3010816
Summary
Bibliographic description
2v.([16],xlviii,227,[1],199,[1];[5],200-745,[17]p.) . 8vo.. Provenance: Bookplate in both vols.: Erthig (anonymous armorial).. Binding: Eighteenth-century marbled calf bindings; gilt roll on board edges; gilt fillets, red title and green vol. no. labels on spines.
Provenance
Given by Philip Yorke III (1905-1978) along with the estate, house and contents to the National Trust in 1973.
Makers and roles
Virgil (Publius Vergilius Maro) (70-19 BC) Joseph Davidson (d.1753)