P. Vergili Maronis Opera . [ex recensione Henrici Nettleship a Joanne Percival Postgate relecta ...].
Virgil (Publius Vergilius Maro) (70-19 BC)
Category
Books
Date
1912
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Peckover House, Cambridgeshire
NT 3140116
Summary
Bibliographic description
vii,[1],415,[1]p. . 25 cm.. Not indigenous. Meade collection.. Provenance: Presented to the National Trust by Miss Daphne Meade, 1999, and formerly in the library of Thurland Castle, Lancashire. Decorated presentation leaf: "Hvnc librvm [inscribed] 'Roberto S. S. Meade' Etona discedenti dono dedit [inscribed] 'Cyrillus Abington' Magister Informator Etonae A. S. MCMXIX (IX added in manuscript ink)".. Binding: Twentieth century green cloth over boards, with gilt Eton armorial device; single gilt fillet to form a border; spine gilt lettered. Some pages uncut.
Provenance
Presented to the National Trust by Miss Daphne Meade in 1999, and formerly in the library of Sidney Meade (1839-1917), Canon of Salisbury Cathedral, of Thurland Castle, Lancashire.
Makers and roles
Virgil (Publius Vergilius Maro) (70-19 BC) Henry Nettleship John Percival Postgate (1853-1926)