P. Virgilii Maronis opera, / varietate lectionis et perpetua adnotatione illustrata, a Chr. Gottl. Heyne, ... Accedit index uberrimus.
Virgil (Publius Vergilius Maro) (70-19 BC)
Category
Books
Date
1793
Materials
Place of origin
London
Collection
Felbrigg, Norfolk
NT 3039972
Summary
Bibliographic description
Editio tertia emendatior et auctior. 4 v., plates : ill. ; 8vo. Old Felbrigg shelfmark in v.1: L4. Pencil notes to Eclogues 1-2 in v.1. Provenance: manuscript inscription on second front free endpaper in v.1: "William Howe Lukin / the Gift / of his tutor the Rev C. Hawtrey / on Leaving Eton / December. 6. 1819." [i.e. to William Howe (Lukin) Windham (1802-1854) from Edward Craven Hawtrey (1789–1862)]. Binding: late eighteenth-century full calf; triple gilt fillet to form an outer border, with triple blind fillet and blind rolled inner borders; recessed cords; gilt and blind tooling on spines; spines lettered direct (gilt-tooled): 'Virgilius Heynii' with vol. no. and 'Lond: 1793'; gilt edge rolled on corners; double gilt fillet on turn-ins; marbled edges; green ribbon markers.
Makers and roles
Virgil (Publius Vergilius Maro) (70-19 BC) Christian Gottlob Heyne (1729-1812)