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Virgil; William Benson; John DrydenABAA

VIRGIL'S HUSBANDRY OR AN ESSAY ON THE GEORGICS BEING THE SECOND BOOK TRANSLATED INTO ENGLISH VERSE TO WHICH ARE ADDED THE LATIN TEXT AND MR DRYDEN'S VERSION WITH NOTES CRITICAL AND RUSTICK

VIRGIL (John DRYDEN, trans)Biblio.com

The Works of Virgil: Containing his Pastorals Georgics and Aeneis. Translated into English verse; by Mr. Dryden. In Three Volumes. Adorn'd with above a Hundred Sculptures

1709QQ0281Jacob Tonson 1709. Original brown panelled calf boards inner panel decorated in blind at corners with small tools remains of gilt decor to board edges. Rebacked in brown calf raised bands gilt lettering and gilt fillets to spines. Minor loss to top spines; chipping to bottom spine of vol. III. Wear to board corners. All edges speckled red top edges darkened. 8vos 13 x 21.1cm. Vol. I hinges very slightly tender. Endpapers cracked at gutters in vol. I; reinforced at gutters with brown cloth tape in vols II & III. 18th-century armorial bookplate of Alexander Trotter Esq. to inside front board of all vols. Title pages printed in red and black. Vols II & III have no edition statement. Vol. III t.p. has 'Volume the Third' cancelled in black ink. First gathering of vol. I with dedicatory epistle to Lord Clifford has pages out of order though all present. Mild scattered foxing. Decorated initials; woodcut and typographic tail-pieces. Lacking the frontis portrait of Dryden called for at the start of each vol 3 in total. 103 full-page plates as called for in MacDonald many signed by Michael Vandergucht or Louis Du Guernier. Includes Chetwood's Life of Virgil and Preface to the Pastorals vol. I pp. 13-100 and Addison's An essay on the Georgics vol. I 77-92. Dryden's The Works of Virgil was first published in 1697 also by Jacob Tonson. His translation 'is a masterpiece which rarely flags and often rises to heights of eloquence and tragic reflection' ODNB. MacDonald 33d. ESTC T64661. Robust packaging. Tracking can be added to overseas orders on request. 3rd edition. Binding sound text unmarked. Binding sound text unmarked . Very Good/Fine. 3-4 1-2 7-85-6 11-12 9-10 13-211 212 2. Jacob Tonson Hardcover

St Philip's Books · Royaume-Uni600,00 £GB≈ 685,08 €

Otway Thomas; Rowe Nicholas; Fenton Elihjah; and Dryden JohnABAA

The Orphan: or The Unhappy Marriage. A Tragedy bound with The Fair Penitent. A Tragedy. and with Mariamne. A Tragedy. and also with The Royal Convert. A Tragedy. and also with All for Love: Or the World Well Lost. A Tragedy

173519021303London: Printed for W. Feales. Printed for Jacob Tonson 1735. Leather bound. Very good. Duodecimo size 455 total pp. This collection of dramatic works includes five tragedies by different authors bound into one volume each with its own title page; perhaps the best-remembered is "All for Love Or the World Well Lost" by English poet and playwright John Dryden 1631-1700. Made England's first ever Poet Laureate in 1668; Dryden was a prominent writer of the day and popularised many new forms of poetry as the standard such as the heroic couplet. The plays bound in this volume offer a creative and diverse view at seventeenth century dramatics from some of the foremost writers at the time each representative of the writing style during the English Restoration. ___DESCRIPTION: Full brown leather decorative and ruled borders blind-embossed on the front and rear boards the spine with five raised bands gilt rules and red leather label with gilt lettering decorative borders blind-embossed on the edges of the boards the title pages of each of the five works in red and black each with an engraved black-and-white frontispiece; duodecimo size 6.75" by 4" pagination: 1-9 10-92 93-96 1-2 3-82 83-86 1-2 3-83 84-86 1-2 3-82 83-86 1-2 3-5 6-25 200-276. Tasteful prior owner bookplate on the front paste-down endpaper from Stoneleigh Abbey an estate belonging to the Leigh family one of the largest landowners in the area from 1561 to 1990. ___CONDITION: Very good overall with clean boards a strong square text block and the interior is clean and bright; some rubbing to the head and tail of the spine to the edges of the boards and to the corners and corners are gently bumped some rubbing along the joints with slight cracking at the top of both front and rear joints and both hinges are slightly cracked the boards somewhat tender but still solidly attached light soiling to the endpapers light off-setting to the title pages from the frontispieces some pages throughout have light soil marks but no text is obscured and there is a prior owner marking possibly a name written in pen on the front free endpaper and another marking in pencil on the front paste-down endpaper. Even with its binding faults still very much a very good condition volume. ___POSTAGE: Â International customers please note that additional postage may apply as the standard does not always cover costs; please inquire for details. ___Swan's Fine Books is pleased to be a member of the ABAA ILAB and IOBA and we stand behind every book we sell. Please contact us with any questions you may have we are here to help. Printed for W. Feales...| Printed for Jacob Tonson unknown books

Swan's Fine Books · États-Unis165,00 $US≈ 139,61 €