Opera.. English & Latin
Virgil (Publius Vergilius Maro) (70-19 BC)
Category
Books
Date
1778
Materials
Place of origin
London
Collection
Dyrham, Gloucestershire
NT 3248564.3
Summary
Bibliographic description
The 3rd ed., with considerable improvements.. v.3, ([6] leaves of plates, [3] folded leaves of plates) :. ports, map ;. 23cm (8vo). Acquired by the National Trust with other former Dyrham books in April 2022. Provenance: inscription in ink on flyleaf 'George William Blathwayt, 10th June 1783' [= Rev. George William Blathwayt (1759-1806)]; bookplates removed from front pastedown. Binding: eighteenth-century sprinkled calf over boards; red and brown sprinkled edges; simple decorative gold tooling to spine; five raised bands; red leather spine label with 'Warton's Virgil' and volume number; green-gold ribbon marker.
Makers and roles
Virgil (Publius Vergilius Maro) (70-19 BC) Joseph Warton (bap.1722 - 1800) Christopher Pitt (1699-1748) Holdsworth, Edward, 1684-1746 Warburton, William, 1698-1799 Dodsley, James Whitehurst, John Peterhouse