Publii Virgilii Maronis Bucolica, Georgica, et Aeneis. Ex editione Petri Burmanni. . ( 2 volumes in 1.) WITH THE ADDITION of seven engravings Wenceslaus Hollar seemingly extracted from Dryden's Virgil of 1697

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Verlag: Glasguae : in aedibus academicis excudebat Andreas Foulis Academiae Typographus M DCC LXXVIII, 1778

First edition. Two volumes bound in one. Folio. ( 329mm. ) Pp. [8], [3] 4 - 277 [1] blank, [2], this is the Subscribers List (ie. sig 4i1 ) bound in here from the end of the second volume ; [4], [1] 2 - 307 [1] blank. This second volume with the addition of seven splendid crisp,engraved plates by Wencelaus Hollar extracted from the 1697 edition of John Dryden's Virgil ( ESTC R221907,) each engraving contains a dedication to some contemporary public figure. The second volume has a separate title page, pagination and register. Both volumes with a half tile. Top of the head margins very lightly browned otherwise the contents are clean, plates offset onto the adjacent page. 19th C; black half morocco over cloth backed boards very lightly rubbed, the spine with five raised bands, the title lettered direct. Endpapers spotted. The addition of the Hollar engravings adds a cachet to the usual high standard of Foulis publications. ESTC N22205. Gaskell 639. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 5415

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Titel: Publii Virgilii Maronis Bucolica, Georgica, ...
Verlag: Glasguae : in aedibus academicis excudebat Andreas Foulis Academiae Typographus M DCC LXXVIII
Erscheinungsdatum: 1778