Apr 09, 2015 - Sale 2379

Sale 2379 - Lot 165

Price Realized: $ 520
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 500 - $ 750
VERGILIUS MARO, PUBLIUS. The Works . . . Translated into English Verse; by Mr. [John] Dryden. 101 (of 102) engraved plates chiefly by Wenceslaus Hollar after Frantz Clein; lacks the frontispiece. Extraneous 18th-century engraved map of the itinerary of Aeneas tipped in preceding the Aeneid. [56], 47, [49], 201-640 pages, with individual sections of the preliminaries bound out of order. Folio, 349x218 mm, later calf, rebacked, endpapers renewed, worn overall, front joint starting, portion of leather missing from front cover; contents browned. London: Jacob Tonson, 1697

Additional Details

first dryden edition, ordinary issue. Macdonald 33a; Wing V616.