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Publii Virgilii Maronis Bucolica; Georgica ; et Æneis

Virgil; Livie, John (1654-1659); Baskerville, John (1706-1775)

1766

Sigs. D5, E4, G2, G4, I3 and I8 are cancels.

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The xiii. bukes of Eneados of the famose poete Virgill

Virgil; Douglas, Gawin (1474?-1522); Vegio, Maffeo (1458)

1553

Book 13 is by Maffeo Vegio. In verse. Signatures: A (-A1) B-U⁸ x⁸ (x3 + chi (=A1?)) y-z⁸ a-2b⁸. Numerous errors in foliation. A leaf (printed as A1?) is inserted after x3; the last lea...

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Publii Uirgilii maronis opera

Virgil; Brant, Sebastian (1458-1521); Servius; Donatus, Aelius; Landino, Cristoforo (1424-1504); Mancinelli, Antonio (1452-1505); Calderini, Domizio (1478); Vegio, Maffeo (1458)

[1502]

Panzer, VI, 27, no. 12. Schmidt, I, 60. Muther 557. Kristeller: Strassburger Bücher-Illustration, 99 and p. 32 ff. Roman, Gothic and Greek type (Proctor 9888); 31-34 lines of text, 71-74 lines of c...

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L'opere di Vergilio : cioè la Bucolica, Georgica, & Eneida

Virgil; Porcacchi, Thomaso (1530-1585?); Lori, Andrea; Daniello, Bernardino (1565); Sansedoni, Alessandro; Medici, Hippolito de (1511-1535); Borghesi, Bernardin; Martelli, Lodovico (1499-1527); Piccolomini, Alessandro (1508-1578); Betussi, Giuseppe (1512-1573); Ghini, Leonardo (1589); Minerbetti, Bernardo (1574); Domenichi, Lodovico (1515-1564); Mini, Paolo

1613

Leaves are printed on both sides. Woodcut illustrations. Printer's device on t.p.; initials, head-pieces;. Dedication by Farri, dated 1567: Alla molto magnifica, & honorata signora la sig. Angel...

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Cataplus: or, Æneas his descent to Hell : a mock poem, in imitation of the sixth book of Virgil's Æneis, in English burlesque

M. A; Atkins, Maurice (fl.1671-1715)

1672

One of two issues in 1672, the other, which is recorded as Wing-2 A17, having 5 preliminary pages including a dedication signed 'M.A.' and an imprint which continues 'and are to be sold by William Hin...

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Vergilius cum commentariis quinque : uidelicet Seruii, Landini., Ant. Mancinelli, Donati, Domitii

Virgil; Servius; Landino, Cristoforo (1424-1504); Calderino, Domizio (1447-1478); Donatus, Aelius; Scotto, Ottaviano (1498); Giunta, Luca-Antonio (1457-1538); Zanis, Bartholomaeus de de Portesio (1486-1515); Hoskin, H.C; Brotherton, Edward Allen Brotherton 1st baron (1856-1930)

Sub anno domini.M.cccc.xciii.die Vltimo Iulii. [31 July 1493]

Signatures: a⁶ b-z⁸ &⁸ [con]⁸ [rum]⁸ A-V⁸. Imprint from colophon. Colophon on V8r reads: Impressum Venetiis per Bartolomeu[m] de Zanis de Portesio. Sub anno domini.M.cccc.xciii. die Vl...

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The Æneis of Virgil, translated into blank verse (v.1)

Virgil; Trapp, Joseph (1679-1747)

1718-20

Vol.1.: books 1-6; vol.2.: books 7-12. Text of vol.2 continues pagination and signatures of vol.1. Preliminaries to vol.2 (frontispiece, title, licence and Supplement to the list of subscribers) com...

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The Æneis of Virgil, translated into blank verse (v.2)

Virgil; Trapp, Joseph (1679-1747)

1718-20

Vol.1.: books 1-6; vol.2.: books 7-12. Text of vol.2 continues pagination and signatures of vol.1. Preliminaries to vol.2 (frontispiece, title, licence and Supplement to the list of subscribers) com...

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Turnus and Drances : being an attempt to shew, who the two real persons were, that Virgil intended to represent under those two characters

Beare, William (1758)

1750

Attempts to demonstrate that Turnus and Drances respectively represent Antony and Cicero. Imprimatur dated Feb. 13, 1749.

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