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VIRGILIUS MARO, Publius (70-19 B.C.). The xiii Bookes of Aenedos. Translated by Thomas Phaer (1510?-1560) and edited by Thomas Twyne. London: William How for Abraham Veale, 1584. 8° (180 x 135mm). Woodcut typographical title border, woodcut ornaments. (Title and following leaf soiled, marginal soiling and staining, a few repairs to margins.) Red morocco gilt by Rivière, gilt edges. Provenance: John Woodhouse (contemporary signature on title); Richard [?]Bomash (signature at foot of title); some numbering in modern ink (at foot of a few leaves in quire F). Fourth edition of Phaer's translation. STC 24802.
VIRGIL. The Bucoliks ... together with his Georgiks .... Translated by Abraham Fleming (1552?-1607). London: T. O[rwin] for Thomas Woodcocke, 1589. 2 parts in one volume, 4° (190 x 137mm). Black letter. Woodcocke's device on title [McKerrow 247], woodcut ornaments. (Persistent waterstain in lower part of page, E1 with paper fault affecting shoulder notes, without final blank.) Modern fawn morocco (upper cover waterstained). FIRST EDITION OF THIS TRANSLATION. Although Fleming published a rhymed translation of the 'Bucoliks' in 1575, this is a different translation in unrhymed verse. Eclogues 1 and 2 were translated by William Webbe. STC 24817. (2)
VIRGIL. The Bucoliks ... together with his Georgiks .... Translated by Abraham Fleming (1552?-1607). London: T. O[rwin] for Thomas Woodcocke, 1589. 2 parts in one volume, 4° (190 x 137mm). Black letter. Woodcocke's device on title [McKerrow 247], woodcut ornaments. (Persistent waterstain in lower part of page, E1 with paper fault affecting shoulder notes, without final blank.) Modern fawn morocco (upper cover waterstained). FIRST EDITION OF THIS TRANSLATION. Although Fleming published a rhymed translation of the 'Bucoliks' in 1575, this is a different translation in unrhymed verse. Eclogues 1 and 2 were translated by William Webbe. STC 24817. (2)
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