The Georgicks of Virgil [translated and annotated by John Martyn], 1741

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Medium

bound volume with letterpress title page and text and 14 hand-colored engravings and color mezzotints on laid paper

Dimensions

page size: 28.9 x 22.6 cm (11 3/8 x 8 7/8 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Arthur and Charlotte Vershbow

Accession Number

1984.89.3

Artists / Makers

Elisha Kirkall (artist) English, c. 1682 - 1742

Virgil (author) Italian, 70 - 19 B.C.

Various Artists (artist after)

Jan van Huysum (artist after) Dutch, 1682 - 1749

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Inscription

notations in graphite, inside front cover; stampedon front endpaper: JH Crawley Boevey / Commoners.

Marks and Labels

inside front cover: bookplates of C. R. Richmond and ? [shield with birds and the Latin motto "esse quam videri"]; stamped in black ink on recto of front end paper: J. / J H Crawley Boevey / Commoners

Provenance

C.R. Richmond

Associated Names

Vershbow, Arthur E., Mr.