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[Baskerville] [Aeneid] The Works of Virgil, Englished by Robert Andrews

[Baskerville] [Aeneid] The Works of Virgil, Englished by Robert Andrews

[Baskerville] [Aeneid] The Works of Virgil, Englished by Robert Andrews
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[Baskerville] [Aeneid] The Works of Virgil, Englished by Robert Andrews

by VIRGIL

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  • Hardcover
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Birmingham, UK: Printed by John Baskerville for the Author, 1766. Hardcover. Near Fine. Virgil's epic the Aeneid, here bound together with his Pastorals and Georgic works, all translated into English by Robert Andrews and printed by the legendary John Baskerville in Birmingham. Title page with "Printed by John Baskerville for the Author" (1776) at foot. Half leather over marbled paper boards, title stamped in gilt onto red spine label, headbands, all edges sprinkled, binder's stamp inside corner of front pastedown, 8vo size (text block 9 inches tall - thus slightly trimmed but maintaining wide margins), pp. [6], 1-16, [3]-536], errata. Volume with minor wear, tp. foxed and browned w. tidy period name in ink, scant spotting to balance of text - save last two leaves which are also browned and spotted, pp. [1] (Dedication) with a 2.5 inch closed tear at bottom edge. A nice clean copy in a later binding. "The Aeneid is a Latin epic poem, written by Virgil between 29 and 19 BC, that tells the legendary story of Aeneas, a Trojan who fled the fall of Troy and travelled to Italy, where he became the ancestor of the Romans." wiki.

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Harropian Books, IOBA CA (CA)
Bookseller's Inventory #
4246
Title
[Baskerville] [Aeneid] The Works of Virgil, Englished by Robert Andrews
Author
VIRGIL
Format/Binding
Hardcover
Book Condition
Used - Near Fine
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Publisher
Printed by John Baskerville for the Author
Place of Publication
Birmingham, UK
Date Published
1766

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Glossary

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Leaves
Very generally, "leaves" refers to the pages of a book, as in the common phrase, "loose-leaf pages." A leaf is a single sheet...
Errata
Errata: aka Errata Slip A piece of paper either laid in to the book correcting errors found in the printed text after being...
Title Page
A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
Edges
The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
Fine
A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
Gilt
The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
Spine Label
The paper or leather descriptive tag attached to the spine of the book, most commonly providing the title and author of the...
Foxed
Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
Marbled Paper
Decorative colored paper that imitates marble with a veined, mottled, or swirling pattern. Commonly used as the end papers or...

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