P. Virgilii Maronis Opera : Varietate Lectionis Et Perpetua Adnotatione Illustrata; Accedit Index Uberrimus (4 volume set)

 Publius Vergilius Maro; Christian Gottlob Heyne

London: T. Rickaby for T. Payne et al., 1793

4 volume set. Large paper set, 24 x 15 cm.  Bound in contemporary red, straight-grain, morocco leather.  Gilt ruled.  5 raised spine bands.  All edges gilt.  Minor shelf wear / rubbing to bindings. Engraved frontispieces, title vignettes, as well as two additional engraved plates in vol. 1. Collated: vi, cclv, [1], 566; xciv, 820; [2], 730; [2], 259, [1], 704, [4] pages.  

Contents: T.1 Bucolica Et Georgica; T.2 Aeneidos, Lib. I.-VI; T.3 Aeneidos, Lib. VII.-XII; T.4 Carmina Minora.  Minor foxing, browning, mostly to prelims.  Bookplate of Revd. John Longe, Coddenham, Suffolk (1765-1834).  Later book plate of Humphry and Mary Ward (1851-1920).  John Longe, Coddenham, Suffolk (1765-1834).  Later book plate of Humphry and Mary Ward (1851-1920).  Mary Ward was a British novelist and founding President of the Women's National Anti-Suffrage League. 

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