P. Virgilii Maronis Opera.
Virgil (Publius Vergilius Maro) (70-19 BC)
Category
Books
Date
1715
Materials
Place of origin
London
Collection
Blickling Hall, Norfolk
NT 3193205
Summary
Bibliographic description
[60], 349, [335] p. : ill. ; 12mo. Running number: 4986. Provenance: manuscript initial on front fly-leaf: "M." [i.e. catalogue code of John Mitchell (ca. 1685-1751), librarian to Sir Richard Ellys (1682-1742)]. Binding: eighteenth-century sprinkled calf; blind roll pattern on board edges; gilt fillets and stamps on spine, with gilt title lettered directly onto spine. Red sprinkled edges.
Makers and roles
Virgil (Publius Vergilius Maro) (70-19 BC) Tiberius Claudius Donatus (fl.430s) Michael Maittaire (1667-1747) Louis Du Guernier the Younger (d. London 1716) , artist and engraver