Virgil's Æneis, /
Virgil (Publius Vergilius Maro) (70-19 BC)
Category
Books
Date
1710
Materials
Place of origin
Edinburgh
Collection
Blickling Hall, Norfolk
NT 3188991
Summary
Bibliographic description
[6], 19, [1], iv, [4], 486, [96] p. ; fol. Running number: 4732. Imperfect: wanting the list of subscribers. Order of preliminaries: title page ([2] p.), title page to 1553 ed. ([2] p.), preface ([4] p.), "The life of Gawin Douglas" (19, [1] p.), "The judgment and testimonies" (iv p.). Binding: eighteenth-century sprinkled calf; double blind fillet border; blind roll pattern on board edges; gilt title stamped directly onto spine. Red sprinkled edges.
Makers and roles
Virgil (Publius Vergilius Maro) (70-19 BC) Maffeo Vegio (1407-1458) Thomas Ruddiman (1674-1757) Gawin Douglas (1474-1522) Bishop of Dunkeld John Sage (1652-1711)