Author
Virgil
Uniform title
Bucolica. Latin & English
Title
Publii Virgilii Maronis Bucolicorum eclogae decem. : The Bucolicks of Virgil, with an English translation and notes. / By John Martyn, F.R.S. Professor of botany in the University of Cambridge..
Varying form of title
Portion of title: Bucolicks of Virgil
Edition
The second edition..
Imprint
London: : Printed by R. Reily, for T. Osborne, in Gray's-Inn,, MDCCXLIX [1749].
Physical description
xcix, [1], 390, 7, [11] p., [5] plates (4 folded) : ill., port., map ; 21 cm (8vo)
Note
Signatures: a-f⁸, g², A-2B⁸, 2C⁴.
Note
Title page printed in red and black; head-piece at start of text.
Note
In double columns, with English translation accompanying Latin text, and extensive "notes" below the text.
Note
Final [11] pages are the index.
Citation/references note
ESTC, T139762
Provenance
Armorial bookplate of Reverend Herbert Hawes, with address “Rollestone Street, Salisbury.”.
Provenance
Salisbury Cathedral Library bookplate (19th century) with 13th-century Dean and Chapter seal and inscription “Sarum Cathedral Library.”
Binding
18th-century mottled brown calf over boards; sewn on five supports (three laced into the boards); gilt fillets forming rectangular frame towards perimeter of boards; spine with five raised bands and gilt fillets; blind roll around board edges; text block edges sprinkled red; paper label with "Martyns Virgil" in ink pasted to lower board, to show along fore-edge.
Subject
Agriculture Rome Poetry Early works to 1800.
Subject
Pastoral poetry, Latin Translations into English Early works to 1800.
Subject
Country life Rome Poetry Early works to 1800.
Added entry--name
Martyn, John, 1699-1768 translator.
Added entry--name
Reily, R. (Richard), active 1728-1767 printer.
Added entry--name
Osborne, Thomas, -1767 bookseller.
Added entry--name
Hawes, Herbert, -1837 former owner.
Added entry--place
England London.
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