Oct 17, 2017 - Sale 2457

Sale 2457 - Lot 303

Price Realized: $ 1,820
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 800 - $ 1,200
VERGILIUS MARO, PUBLIUS. The Works . . . Translated into English Verse; by Mr. [John] Dryden. Engraved frontispiece and 101 engraved plates chiefly by Wenceslaus Hollar after Frantz Clein. [44], 48, [12], 49-147, [48], 201-640 pages. Folio, 423x271 mm, 19th-century panelled calf, extremities worn; frontispiece and title toned and soiled, some text leaves heavily browned, varying marginal browning or foxing on some plates, scattered marginal repairs not affecting text or images, dark stains on plates facing pages 359, 371, and 517. Bookplate of Northwestern University Library (released). London: Jacob Tonson, 1697

Additional Details

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