1778 – Works of Virgil | Bucolics, Eclogues, & Aeneid with Map | 4 volume set

A rare and highly desirable early 17th-century edition of the works of Virgil. Virgil is regularly considered one of the greatest Roman poets because of his poems, Eclogues, Georgics, and Aeneid – some of the most important works of western literature. This 1778 English and Latin edition was translated into English by reverends Christopher Pitt and Joseph Warton.

Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Works of Virgil, in Latin and English
• Author(s): Virgil
• Illustrator(s): Jefferys, (cartographer)
• Contributor(s): Christopher Pitt (Translator); Joseph Warton (Translator); E. Holdsworth (Commentary); Joseph Spence (Commentary); Christian Gottlob Heyne (Commentary); William Warburton (Commentary); Francis Atterbury (Commentary); William Whitehead (Commentary)
• Publisher: London: Printed for J. Dodsley
• Edition: Third Edition. 1778.
• Format: (8vo), four volumes
• Binding: Full leather
• Size:  8.75 in x 5.75 in (22.2 cm x 14.6 cm)
• Collation:
  • Vol I: [2], [xx], 436 pp
  • Vol II: 383 pp + folding map
  • Vol III: 454 pp
  • Vol IV: 396, [14] pp
• Illustrations: 4 frontispiece engravings (one in each volume); 1 large folding map in Vol II
• Contents Include:
  • Eclogues
  • Georgics
  • Aeneid
  • Parallel Latin and English text
  • Scholarly commentary by 18th-century classicist
• Provenance: bookplate – James Rimington

Condition:

Very Good condition. All four volumes are uniformly bound in full leather, with secure and tight text blocks. Leather shows rubbing at the spines and edges but retains structural strength. All volumes are complete, including frontispieces and the folding map in Volume II. Pages are clean and well-preserved.

Why Collect This?

• Rare 1778 Latin and English in parallel pages bound in four leather volumes
• Includes large folding map and engraved frontispieces

Item Number: # 29578