A FREE and INDEPENDENT TRANSLATION of the FIRST and FOURTH BOOKS of the AENEID of VIRGIL: wherein are unfolded the travels of Aeneas, the origin of the Roman Empire, the stratagems employed by the goddess Juno (happily without success) to nip that important enterprise in the bud, the counterplots of the goddess Venus & her mischievous little son Cupid, & the furious love & romantic death of Queen Dido. In hexameter & pentameter. University edition. With illustrations by Thomas Worth. Designed for the use of families, schools, & colleges, & especially for students in Virgil, into whose hands this volume may be put without least danger used as a pony

[Vaill, Theodore Frelinghuysen, 1832-1875]

Published by Winsted Herald Office, Winsted, CT, 1870

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Printed & Sold at the Winsted Herald Office, Winsted, Conn. 1870. 22 pages, Errata. 6 plates on yellow stock. 8.25 x 5.75", wrapper. Hamilton, Early American Book Illustrators 1500. Comic & mildly bawdy rendition of Aeneid. Lacking upper wrap, worn, stained, creased, owner name & notes, fair.

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• Title: A FREE and INDEPENDENT TRANSLATION of the FIRST and FOURTH BOOKS of the AENEID of VIRGIL: wherein are unfolded the travels of Aeneas, the origin of the Roman Empire, the stratagems employed by the goddess Juno (happily without success) to nip that important enterprise in the bud, the counterplots of the goddess Venus & her mischievous little son Cupid, & the furious love & romantic death of Queen Dido. In hexameter & pentameter. University edition. With illustrations by Thomas Worth. Designed ...
• Publisher: Winsted Herald Office, Winsted, CT
• Publication Date: 1870
• Binding: Pamphlet
• Condition: Used - Acceptable