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Lot 1036

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Bucolica, Georgica, et Aeneis, ex editione Petri Burmanni. Tomus primus [- secundus].

VERGILIUS MARO, Publius

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Glasgow, A. Foulis, 1778

2 parts in 1 vol., folio: [8]-277-[5]-307-[1] pp. (occ. sl. toning).

Contemp. polished calf (rubbed, front cover almost loose), gilt arms on covers, gilt spine with 5 raised bands, sp. edges. Good copy.

Beautifully printed monumental edition of Virgil's great works, after the scholarly text of P. Burmannus (1668-1741). Bound without the list of subscribers.
Ref. ESTC N22205. - Gaskell (Foulis) 639. - Kallendorf (Virgil) LW1778.1.
Prov. "John Macfarquhar" (presentation inscription (1812) on front flyleaf). - Society of Writers to the Signet (Edinburgh) (gilt arms on covers).
Joined: 1. Id. - The works of Virgil [...]. Translated into English verse by Mr. Dryden. In three volumes [...] [3rd ed.]. London, J. Tonson, 1709. 3 vol., 12mo: [2]-108, 857-[1] pp. (age-toned, general title loose). Mod. blind decorated sheep “à l'antique” over wood (rubbed, front cover vol. II loose, some def.), bevelled edges, spines with 5 raised bands (heads def.), red edges. Ill. with 3 different engr. portraits of Dryden as front. and over 100 full-page engr. pl. Titles in red & black. Ref. ESTC T64661. - Kallendorf (Virgil) EW1709.2. - Suerbaum VP1709 (ext. descr.). - 2. Milton, John - Paradise Lost. A poem in twelve books [...]. The tenth edition, adorned with sculptures. London, for J. Tonson, 1719. [12]-315-[45] pp. [bound with] Addison, Joseph - Notes upon the twelve books of Paradise Lost. Collected from The Spectator. Ibid., 1719. 418 pp. 2 works in 1 vol., 12mo. Contemp. calf (rubbed), spine with 4 raised bands (head and tail def.). Rare later ed. of Miltons famous epic. Preceded by the general title of "The poetical works" (London, W. Taylor, 1721 = ESTC T491785). Engr. portrait and 12 full-page engr. Ref. ESTC T136165 and T89182 (Addison). Prov. Old ownership entry on front flyleaf. - John Applin (bookpl.). (5 vol.)

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Bucolica, Georgica, et Aeneis, ex editione Petri Burmanni. Tomus primus [- secundus].

Lot 1036

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