Author: [Virgil] Maro, Publius Vergilius; [Heyne, C.G. (ed.)]:

Title: Opera, varietate lectionis et perpetua adnotatione illustrata...accedit index uberrimus editio tertia emendatior et auctior.

Publication: Londini [London]: Typis T. Rickaby, impensis T. Payne, B. & J. White, R. Faulder & J. Edwards, 1793

Description: Royal 8vo. 4 vols. pp. [vi], CCLV, [1], 566 + engraved frontispiece and engraved plate; pp. [2], XCIV, 820; pp. [2], 760; pp. [2], 259, [1], 704. Engraved title and text vignettes. Minimal toning or offsetting from engravings, occasional light spotting, I: engraved frontispiece, title and first leaf somewhat foxed, III: slight spotting to a couple of gatherings,. Contemporary polished calf, marbled endpapers, double gilt ruled, blind-tooled decorative roll, raised bands, spine gilt and gilt-lettered, inner edges gilt, all edges marbled, joints, head and foot of spine a trifle rubbed with occasional very minor loss.

Remarkably fresh and clean, uniformly bound set of this much celebrated, deluxe, student edition of Virgil, by C.G. Heyne. He issued four 'incomparable editions' (Dibdin), this being the London reprint of the Leipzig edition of 1788. In addition to the received Vergilian canon, it includes indexes and an incredibly thorough chronological list of all Virgil editions ever printed. This is probably one of the copies on large paper, in royal octavo, ornamented with beautiful vignettes, mentioned by Dibdin.

Bibliography: Dibdin (4th ed.) II, p.559; Schweiger II, 1181.

Reference Number: [53345]

Price: £300

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