Publii Virgilii Maronis Opera . per Johannem Ogilvium edita et sculpturis aeneis adornata.
Virgil (Publius Vergilius Maro) (70-19 BC)
Category
Books
Date
1658
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Chirk Castle, Wrexham
NT 3037981
Summary
Bibliographic description
447,[1]p., [104] leaves of plates . ill.., map, port.. . fol.. Identified in 17976 inventory: F 302, price £1 11s. 6d. Christies, 21 June 2004, lot 531.. 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 mottled calf binding; double gilt fillet border; gilt roll on board edges; gold-tooled spine.
Makers and roles
Virgil (Publius Vergilius Maro) (70-19 BC) 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)