[BASKERVILLE, JOHN, Printer.]. VERGILIUS MARO, PUBLIUS. Bucolica, Georgica, et Aeneis. Birmingham: Baskerville, 1757. 4to, 19th-century red morocco, upper cover with central gilt coat-of-arms, g.e., minor rubbing to joints and edges; Ggg torn and repaired. Gaskell 1 ("Baskerville's first and perhaps his finest book").

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[BASKERVILLE, JOHN, Printer.]. VERGILIUS MARO, PUBLIUS. Bucolica, Georgica, et Aeneis. Birmingham: Baskerville, 1757. 4to, 19th-century red morocco, upper cover with central gilt coat-of-arms, g.e., minor rubbing to joints and edges; Ggg torn and repaired. Gaskell 1 ("Baskerville's first and perhaps his finest book").
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Earl of Carysfort, Elton Hall; Moncure Biddle; Charles J. MacGarvey bookplates.

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