Vergilius Maro, Publius

Estimate

1,000 - 1,500 GBP

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Description

Bucolica, Georgica, et Aeneis. Birmingham: John Baskerville, 1757
paper

4to (289 x 217mm.), list of subscribers, BASKERVILLE TYPE SPECIMEN LEAF AT END, French red morocco gilt (attributed by O’Brien to Derome in a pencil note), spine gilt in compartments, gilt edges, small scrape on upper cover

Provenance

Henry Drury, ownership inscription dated 1815 ("The Genuine Edition"), sale, Evans, 19 February 1827, lot 4641, £1-18s, to Whitmore; Edward Odell, engraved armorial bookplate; William O’Brien, bequest book label dated 1899; library stamps

Literature

Gaskell 1

Catalogue Note

FIRST EDITION.