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
Dyrham, Gloucestershire
NT 3047126
Summary
Bibliographic description
[44],48,[12],49-147,[49],201-640 p., [102] plates . ill.. . fol... Historic water-damage throughout. All plates are present but many are damaged and repaired, with text occasionally supplied in manuscript P. 575: bottom right corner torn and absent.. Binding: Calf; gilt ruled.
Provenance
Indigenous collection purchased by Ministry of Works in 1954 and given to Dyrham Park in 1961.
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)