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(BASKERVILLE PRESS.) Vergilius Maro, Publius. Bucolica, Georgica, et Aeneis. [10] (of [12]), 432 pages; lacks initial blank. 4to, 279x215 mm, modern mottled calf gilt, flat spine divided by false bands into 6 compartments, with morocco lettering pieces in 2 and thistle tool in the rest; occasional light marginal foxing; gilt edges. Birmingham: John Baskerville, 1757
first baskerville edition, "Baskerville's first and perhaps his finest book" (Gaskell). With 4 additional names in the subscribers' list as in most copies; all of Gaskell's usual cancels; and second state of C1-4 and 2C1-4 but none of his other uncommon cancels. Gaskell 1.
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