The Works of Virgil, Translated into English Prose, With Explanatory Notes. In Two Volumes.

Virgil

Published by Printed by W. Baxter for Geo. B. Whittaker, Oxford, 1826

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2 vols., 12mo, pp. [iv], 385, [1]; [iv], 439, [1]. Original glazed red cloth, black morocco labels to spines, edges sprinkled blue. Unevenly sunned, hinges starting, front joint of vol. 1 splitting to foot, some wear to extremities. Bookseller?s ticket of William Wilson, Edinburgh to pastedown of vol. 1. A scarce edition of Joseph Davidson?s translation & edition of Virgil, first published 1743 and reprinted some eight times before the end of the eighteenth century. None of the pre-1800 editions are particularly common (averaging 9 copies listed in ESTC), and this later printing is unrecorded in Library Hub, with just a single copy in Worldcat, at The National Library of Israel.

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Title
The Works of Virgil, Translated into English Prose, With Explanatory Notes. In Two Volumes.
Author
Virgil
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Printed by W. Baxter for Geo. B. Whittaker, Oxford
Publication year
1826
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Hardcover
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Established in 1957, McNaughtan's Bookshop is the oldest secondhand and antiquarian bookshop in Scotland. Situated near the top of Edinburgh's Leith Walk thoroughfare, we are within easy walking distance of Waverley Station and the central bus terminal.

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