VERGILIUS MARO, PUBLIUS. Bucolicorum Eclogae Decem. The Bucolicks of Vergil, with an English Translation and Notes by John Martyn. London, [1741-] 1749. 2 vols., 4to, 272 x 215 mm., contemporary calf, spines elaborately gilt each in six compartments, with red and green morocco labels, minor wear to lower outer corner, otherwise an exceptional fin copy. FIRST EDITION, of Martyn's translation. Engraved portrait frontispiece and 16 engraved illustrations (on 15 plates) including 7 of Vergil's flowers and 6 colored engraved maps (3 folding) by B. Cole. Provenance : The Lord Wardington, Wardington Manor, Banbury, Oxon., bookplate (sale, Christie's London...). (2)
VERGILIUS MARO, PUBLIUS. Bucolicorum Eclogae Decem. The Bucolicks of Vergil, with an English Translation and Notes by John Martyn. London, [1741-] 1749. 2 vols., 4to, 272 x 215 mm., contemporary calf, spines elaborately gilt each in six compartments, with red and green morocco labels, minor wear to lower outer corner, otherwise an exceptional fin copy. FIRST EDITION, of Martyn's translation. Engraved portrait frontispiece and 16 engraved illustrations (on 15 plates) including 7 of Vergil's flowers and 6 colored engraved maps (3 folding) by B. Cole. Provenance : The Lord Wardington, Wardington Manor, Banbury, Oxon., bookplate (sale, Christie's London...). (2)
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