P. Virgilii Maronis Opera . interpretatione et notis illustravit Carolus Ruaeus, Soc. Jesu. jussu Christianissimi regis, ad usum serenissimi Delphini.
Virgil (Publius Vergilius Maro) (70-19 BC)
Category
Books
Date
1687
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Dunham Massey, Cheshire
NT 3050611
Summary
Bibliographic description
[30],610,[112]p. . 8vo.. Identified in 1768 catalogue: Aa.5 [Aa.2 in later hand]. Imperfect[?]; wanting first (blank?) leaf.. Provenance: Armorial bookplate on front pastedown: Grey and Booth quarterings, impaling Cavendish-Bentinck, 'standard' version, with a double-tailed lion [i.e. George Harry Grey, 5th Earl of Stamford and 1st Earl of Warrington (2nd cr.) (1737-1819)]. This has been pasted over manuscript inscription: "George Delamer ... [rest obscured]" [i.e. George Booth, 2nd Earl of Warrington (1675-1758)].. Binding: Contemporary[?] sprinkled calf binding, with double blind fillet border; board edges have gilt roll decoration; spine has blind fillet decoration in panels.
Makers and roles
Virgil (Publius Vergilius Maro) (70-19 BC) Charles de La Rue (1643-1725)