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Publius VERGILIUS Maro (70-19 B.C.) Bucolica, Georgica, et Aeneis. London: T. Bensley for A. Dulau & Co., 1800.
2 volumes, royal 8 in 4s (263 x 157mm). Half-titles. 15 engraved plates by F. Bartolozzi, James Fittler, J.Neagle and Sharp after Girodet and others. (Small paper-fault to title of vol.I with resultant tear to outer blank margin.) Contemporary green straight-grained morocco gilt, covers with wide decorative border of greek-key roll enclosing a complex decorative roll and cornerpieces, supralibros of J.V.Stewart added to centre of covers, spines in six compartments with raised bands, lettered in two, the others with repeat geometric pattern made up from various small tools and poitill work, wide turn-ins and leather inner hinges tooled in gilt and blind, pink watered-silk liners tooled in gilt, multi-coloured silk head-bands with tasseled woven silk page-markers, g.e. Provenance: John V. Stewart, Rock Hill (binding, armorial bookplate). AN EXCEPTIONAL COPY OF "AN ELEGANT EDITION" (Lowndes), with text and plates based on Didot's Paris edition of 1798. Lowndes IV, p.2777. (2)
2 volumes, royal 8 in 4s (263 x 157mm). Half-titles. 15 engraved plates by F. Bartolozzi, James Fittler, J.Neagle and Sharp after Girodet and others. (Small paper-fault to title of vol.I with resultant tear to outer blank margin.) Contemporary green straight-grained morocco gilt, covers with wide decorative border of greek-key roll enclosing a complex decorative roll and cornerpieces, supralibros of J.V.Stewart added to centre of covers, spines in six compartments with raised bands, lettered in two, the others with repeat geometric pattern made up from various small tools and poitill work, wide turn-ins and leather inner hinges tooled in gilt and blind, pink watered-silk liners tooled in gilt, multi-coloured silk head-bands with tasseled woven silk page-markers, g.e. Provenance: John V. Stewart, Rock Hill (binding, armorial bookplate). AN EXCEPTIONAL COPY OF "AN ELEGANT EDITION" (Lowndes), with text and plates based on Didot's Paris edition of 1798. Lowndes IV, p.2777. (2)