The Works of Virgil, Translated by John Dryden, with Memoir, etc.
by Virgil (Publius Vergilius Maro); John Dryden (trans)
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good with No dust jacket as issued
- Seller
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Palatine, Illinois, United States
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About This Item
NY: Hurst & Co.. Very Good with No dust jacket as issued. N.D.. First Edition. First Printing. Leather. Publisher's full padded leather, gilt lettering and decoration on spine and cover, all edges gilt, printed endpapers. Includes a Life of Virgil. nd (c. 1900). . Covers faded, heel of spine worn, gift inscription on ffep dated December 25, 1903, else fine; otherwise unmarked, unread, tight, and square. VERY GOOD. . 12mo 7" - 7½" tall. 489 pp .
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- Bookseller
- Round Table Books, LLC (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 29187
- Title
- The Works of Virgil, Translated by John Dryden, with Memoir, etc.
- Author
- Virgil (Publius Vergilius Maro); John Dryden (trans)
- Format/Binding
- Leather
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good with No dust jacket as issued
- Edition
- First Edition. First Printing
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Hurst & Co.
- Place of Publication
- NY
- Date Published
- N.D.
- Keywords
- Poetry, Virgil, Roman History, Ancient Poetry, John Dryden
- Bookseller catalogs
- Roman History;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Round Table Books, LLC
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Palatine, Illinois
About Round Table Books, LLC
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Glossary
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- 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...
- ND
- no publisher's date given
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
- FFEP
- A common abbreviation for Front Free End Paper. Generally, it is the first page of a book and is part of a single sheet that...
- Heel
- The lower most portion of the spine when the book is standing vertically.
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....