The works of Virgil : containing his Pastorals, Georgies, and Aeneis

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First edition, large paper copy 103 plates1697 In refurbished contemporary speckled boxed boards. Re-spined to style, raised bands, blind tooling, earlier gilt title to red calf label. Internally, frontis, title page in red & black within ruled borders, [22] ff including subscribers list, preface & life of, 48, [12] letter to the Lord of Chesterfield and Essay on the Georgics, marginal tear at 1 leaf, 49-147, [1], (a1-f4) letter to the Earl of Mulgrave, 201-640 pp, 103 copper engraved pls, lacking M1 (p81/2), odd pagination but bar M1 its complete, p 224 miss-numbered 220, 2 repaired tears to 2 pls (380/546, modern old feps, text block edges sprinkled red, some light browning to a few pls, but the text block is pristine. In verse. Each illustration contains a dedication to some contemporary public figure, listed in the Subscribers list. Illustrated with engravings variously signed: M. Vander Gucht, W. Hollar, F. Cleyn, P. Lombart. Title page is a cancel, reissued from 690 p. edition (Wing V616A). Frontis. plate signed by Michael vander Gucht. Most plates engraved by Wenceslaus Hollar or Pierre Lombart, from drawings by Franz Cleyn. Wing erroneously gives title word "Vergil". (442*282 mm). (ESTC R26296)