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(BASKERVILLE PRESS.) Vergilius Maro, Publius. Bucolica, Georgica, et Aeneis. [12], 432 pages, including initial blank. 4to, 288x220 mm, contemporary mottled calf gilt, top of spine chipped, front joint cracked, cords intact, rear joint restored; scattered minor foxing; marbled edges. Armorial bookplate of the Earl of Breadalbane. Birmingham: John Baskerville, 1757
First Baskerville edition, "Baskerville's first and perhaps his finest book" (Gaskell). With the variant of the subscribers' list ending with 24 additional names, all of Gaskell's usual cancels, and none of his uncommon cancels. Gaskell 1.
