[Virgil] Vergilius Maro, Publius: (Dryden, John, trans.:)
The Works of Virgil, translated by John Dryden […].
Glasgow: Robert and Andrew Foulis, 1769. 3 vols. 12mo., pp. [iv], xxxvii, [iii], 158, [iii] + portrait frontispiece; [iv], 224 + folding map; [iv], 245, [iii]. Half-title to each volume, vol. I with single-page Foulis catalogue at rear, vol. III with two-page catalogue. Variant using paper of slightly lower quality, very occasional faint spotting but generally bright. Contemporary plain tan calf, raised bands gilt ruled, spine labels mostly lost with blind impressions remaining, edges sprinkled red. Spines dry and rubbed, vol. III upper joint split but board firm, endpapers toned at edges, very good indeed. Half-titles read as follows: Vol. I. Containing the Pastorals and the Georgics; Vol. II. Containing the First Six Books of the Aeneis; Vol. III. Containing the Last Six Books of the Aeneis. ESTC T139417; Gaskell 497

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