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Bucolica, Georgica, et Aeneis. Ex editione Petri Burmanni.
by Virgil
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- Hardcover
- Condition
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Edinburgh, Midlothian, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Glasguae [Glasgow]: In aedibus academicis, excudebat Andreas Foulis, 1778. 2 vols. bound as 1, folio, pp. [viii], 277, [1], [iv], 307, [3]. Final blank leaf discarded. Later pebbled red morocco, boards with elaborate gilt borders of rules and quatrefoil tools, spine lettered in gilt, edges gilt. Occasional toning and some spotting. Front joint just starting to crack at foot with a little near-invisible refurbishment to head, small darkened area to head of spine. A beautiful and finely bound copy of the Foulis folio Virgil, a fitting companion to the magisterial Homer of twenty years earlier. Among the subscribers to the edition was Adam Smith. The binding on this copy is unsigned but of the highest quality, probably dating to the turn of the 20th century. Gaskell 639; ESTC N22205.
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Details
- Bookseller
- McNaughtan's Bookshop
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 5925
- Title
- Bucolica, Georgica, et Aeneis. Ex editione Petri Burmanni.
- Author
- Virgil
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- In aedibus academicis, excudebat Andreas Foulis
- Place of Publication
- Glasguae [Glasgow]
- Date Published
- 1778
- Keywords
- Classics Latin Binding
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- Morocco
- Morocco is a style of leather book binding that is usually made with goatskin, as it is durable and easy to dye. (see also...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Pebbled
- Pebbled cloth or leather describes the covering of a hardcover book with a decorative texture of repeated small raised bumps,...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Folio
- A folio usually indicates a large book size of 15" in height or larger when used in the context of a book description. Further,...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
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