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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.