The works of Publius Virgilius Maro. . Translated, adorn'd with sculpture, and illustrated with annotations, By John Ogilby.
Virgil (Publius Vergilius Maro) (70-19 BC)
Category
Books
Date
1654
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Chirk Castle, Wrexham
NT 3025692
Summary
Bibliographic description
[8], 488, 499-586 p., [5] leaves of plates . ill.., ports.., map . fol.. Setting 1. Identified in 1796 inventory: F 306, price 7s. 6d. Christie's, 21 June, 2004, lot 528.. Provenance: manuscript inscriptions on recto of frontispiece, including "Arabella Brookland" (crossed-out) and price "7s. 6".. Binding: Eighteenth-century sprinkled calf binding; double gilt fillet border; gilt roll on board edges; gold-tooled spine.
Makers and roles
Virgil (Publius Vergilius Maro) (70-19 BC) Francis Clein [also Cleyn] (Rostock 1582 – London 1658) William Faithorne, The Elder (London c.1616 - London 1691) Wenceslaus Hollar (Prague 1607 - London 1677) Pierre Lombard (Paris 1612 – Paris 1682) John Ogilby (1600-1676)