The works of Virgil: . containing his Pastorals, Georgics, and Æeneis. Translated into English verse; by Mr. Dryden. Adorn'd with a hundred sculptures.
Virgil (Publius Vergilius Maro) (70-19 BC)
Category
Books
Date
1697
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Dunham Massey, Cheshire
NT 3047124
Summary
Bibliographic description
[44],48,[12],49-147,[49],201-640 p., [102] plates . ill.. . fol... Identified in 1768 catalogue: Aa.1 (A.7 in later hand).. Provenance: Bookplate: George Harry Grey (1737-1819) after 1768; anonymous armorial variant 2. Franks 12841. manuscript inscription on front endpaper: "bought, November 10th: 1697. Price hereof 1:12:0".. Binding: Late seventeenth-century century Cambridge-style panelled calf binding; gilt roll on board edges; gold-tooled spine, with gilt title label.
Makers and roles
Virgil (Publius Vergilius Maro) (70-19 BC) Francis Clein [also Cleyn] (Rostock 1582 – London 1658) Michael Vandergucht (Antwerp 1660 – London 1725) Wenceslaus Hollar (Prague 1607 - London 1677) Pierre Lombard (Paris 1612 – Paris 1682)