Baskerville’s English Virgil
SKU: 7687Title:
Baskerville’s English Virgil
Date of publication:
1766
Binding:
modern half calf
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Author(s):
Translator(s):
Robert Andrews
A blank verse translation (or ‘englishing’) by Robert Andrews, poet and minister
The Works of Virgil, Englished by Robert Andrews.
8vo. pp. [vi], 16, [i], 4-536. Some spotting, most apparent on title and preliminaries. Modern half calf, gilt, retaining the original marbled paper boards, slightly rubbed; ownership signature dated 1800 partially obliterated on front free end-paper. Robert Andrews (1723-1766) was a presbyterian minister and poet, chiefly remembered for this blank verse translation of Virgil. Gaskell, Baskerville, 32