THE WORKS OF VIRGIL TRANSLATED INTO ENGLISH BY JOSEPH TRAPP 1737 LEATHER BOUND
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[VIRGIL]. The Works; Translated into English Blank Verse, with Large Explanatory Notes, and Critical Observations by Joseph Trapp. Dublin: Printed for G. Risk, G. Ewing, and W. Smith, MDCC XXXVII [1737].
Leather-bound, in three volumes, hardcover, duodecimo (180 x 115 mm.), pp. [4], xcii, [2], 240; [2], 418; 432. English text by Joseph Trapp. Bound in contemporary full calf, spines gilt in six compartments. Initial and terminal blanks present, vols. 1 & 2 with engraved frontispiece, title-pages printed in red and black, decorative initials, decorative head- and tail-pieces. Condition: VERY GOOD. Bindings tight and secure with all hinges and joints intact, minor rubbing to extremities, spine lacking the title-plates. Interiors very well-preserved, with name/bookplate to front pastedowns. A handsome set and scarce thus.
Notes: Rare Dublin edition of the works of Virgil, including the Aeneid, Eclogues, Georgics, translated into English by Joseph Trapp.