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LOT 282:

The Works of Virgil: Containing His Pastorals, Georgics, and Aeneis, London, 1698.

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The Works of Virgil: Containing His Pastorals, Georgics, and Aeneis, London, 1698.

The Works of Virgil (Publius Vergilius Maro): Containing His Pastorals, Georgics, and Aeneis, London, 1698.

Translated into English Verse by Mr. John Dryden (1631-1700).

Second edition (first edition issued 1697).

This is the first illustrated edition of Dryden's translations of Virgil's works.

Illustrated with an engraved title page and 91 (out of 100) full-page engraved plates by Wencaslas Hollar (1607-1677).

Printed for Jacob Tonson at the Judges-Head in Fleetstreet, near the Inner-Temple-Gate.

690 pages.

36x23cm.


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