1675 VIRGIL Georgics Eclogues Bucolics Mythology Aeneid RARE John Ogilby ENGLISH
“Audaces fortuna iuvat- (Fortune favors the bold).”
― Virgil
Virgil is regularly considered one of the greatest Roman poets. His epic poems, ‘Eclogues,’ ‘Georgics,’ and ‘Aeneid’ are some of the most important works of western literature and describe mythology, medicine, astronomy, war and military, rhetoric, agriculture, and more!
This 1675 John Ogilby English translation is one of the earliest Ogilby editions. Ogilby editions of Virgil were amongst the best English translations, and because of the success of this and the 1649 first edition, Ogilby pushed to translate more Greek and Latin classics.
1675 VIRGIL Georgics Eclogues Bucolics Mythology Aeneid RARE John Ogilby ENGLISH
“Audaces fortuna iuvat- (Fortune favors the bold).”
― Virgil
Virgil is regularly considered one of the greatest Roman poets. His epic poems, ‘Eclogues,’ ‘Georgics,’ and ‘Aeneid’ are some of the most important works of western literature and describe mythology, medicine, astronomy, war and military, rhetoric, agriculture, and more!
This 1675 John Ogilby English translation is one of the earliest Ogilby editions. Ogilby editions of Virgil were amongst the best English translations, and because of the success of this and the 1649 first edition, Ogilby pushed to translate more Greek and Latin classics.
Item number: #24086
Price: $950
VIRGIL
The works of Publius Virgilius Maro
London: for Peter Parker and Thomas Guy…, 1675.
Details:
- Collation: Complete;
- [8], 317, [1]
- 20 engraved plates
- References: Wing V 614; Lowndes 2780
- Language: English
- Binding: Leather; tight and secure
- Size: ~7.25in X 4.75in (18cm x 12cm)
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24086
Categories
Classical Greco-Roman
Literature
Authors
VIRGIL
Printing Date
17th Century
Language
English
Binding
Leather
Book Condition
Excellent
Collation
Complete