The Works Of Virgil [Dryden]
$500.00 inc GST
By Virgil; John Dryden [trans]
Lovely antiquarian set of Dryden’s Virgil
Out of stock
Description
- Complete in four volumes [J&F Rivington et al, London, 1772]; full leather, marbled eps, bookplate of James Hatch Esq in each [overwritten by later owner], all hinges split but holding, steel engravings by J Collyer; a very good set
- v1 The Life Of Pub. Virgilius Maro.; Pastorals; Georgics; 324pp; 4 steel engravings inc frontis; front board detached [single string remains intact]
- v2 missing bottom portion of leather on spine, missing volume pastedown on spine; 318pp; Georgics; Aeneis [The Aeneid], 4 steel engravings
- v3 missing pastedown title panels, missing leather bottom quarter of spine285pp; 6 steel engravings, Aeneis [The Aeneid]
- v4 missing volume pastedown on spine; 270pp Aeneis [The Aeneid]; Notes & Observations + Index [106 pages relating to all four vols]