Bucolica, Georgica, et Aeneis.
[Virgil] Virgilius Maro, Publius
From Unsworth's Antiquarian Booksellers, ILAB, ABA, PBFA., London, United Kingdom
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From Unsworth's Antiquarian Booksellers, ILAB, ABA, PBFA., London, United Kingdom
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
AbeBooks Seller since 28 September 1998
About this Item
First edition. 4to, pp. [x], 103, [ii], 105-231, 233-432 (errors in pagination as usual). With initial blank and list of subscribers. Occasional extremely faint spotting but very clean overall. Contemporary tan speckled calf, spine gilt with raised bands and red morocco label, edges red. Joints split but boards holding firm, some crackling to spine, but sound. Headcaps worn and chipped, some scuffs and scrapes, corners worn, some evidence of a bookplate having been removed from the front pastedown, but still a good, sound copy. The position of the 'J' of 'Johannis' between the 'B' and 'I' of 'Birminghamiae' on the line above identifies this copy as a first edition in accordance with Gaskell, who defines it as 'Baskerville's first and perhaps his finest book', and cites Renouard's judgement of it as 'the most beautiful and the most sought-after of Baskerville's quarto classics'. Dibdin adds, "I have always considered this beautiful production as one of the most finished specimens of typography". ESTC T131451; Gaskell 'Baskerville', 1; Dibdin (4th edn.) II, 554. Seller Inventory # 54518
Bibliographic Details
Title: Bucolica, Georgica, et Aeneis.
Publisher: Birminghamiae Birmingham: typis Joannis Baskerville
Publication Date: 1757
Binding: Hardcover
Edition: 1st Edition
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