Author: VIRGIL.
Title: The Works of Virgil, in English Verse. The Æneid Translated By the Rev. Mr. Christopher Pitt, The Eclogues and Georgics By the Rev. Mr. Joseph Warton.
Description: London: Printed for J. Dodsley..., 1790. 3 volumes. 8vo, pp. lxxii, 174; [iv], 240; [iv], 256, contemporary tree calf, spines gilt, red morocco titling label on volume 1; blank prelims in volume 1 removed, lacks titling labels on volumes 2 and 3, slight wear to tops and bases of spines, front joint volume 2 cracked, Warton's translation of the Eclogues and Georgics and Pitt's of the Æneid were first published in four volumes in 1753, in an edition printed for Robert Dodsley. This is one of several reprints of that edition, without the plates and reduced to three volumes. James Dodsley, Robert's younger brother, followed him in the trade, but the firm ceased to exist after his death in 1797. Curiously uncommon: ESTC T218877 locates copies in Liverpool University Library; Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand; and Perkins School of Theology Bridwell Library, Dallas, Texas.

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