The Æneid of Virgil
Virgil (Publius Vergilius Maro) (70-19 BC)
Category
Books
Date
1872
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Kedleston Hall, Derbyshire
NT 3155006
Summary
Bibliographic description
[2], xiii, [1], 255, [1] p.. 17.5cm. Some annotations. Provenance: Nineteenth-century armorial bookplate, lettered: 'James Davies M.A. Moor Court' [i.e. James Davies [formerly Banks] (1820–1883) of Moor Court, Herefordshire]. Blind embossed stamp on title page: 'With the publishers' compliments'. Binding: Nineteenth-century full brown cloth, with black fillets and gilt medallion centrepiece with man in toga holding a lyre, gilt lettering on spine. Binder's ticket on lower pastedown: 'Bound by Burn & Co.'
Makers and roles
Virgil (Publius Vergilius Maro) (70-19 BC) John Conington (1825-1869) Henry Thomas Liddel, 1st Earl of Ravensworth (1797-1878)