The Works of Virgil: Translated into English Verse by Mr Dryden. 4 vols (set)

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~Early 20th-century binding in full light brown morocco, double gilt frames to boards, gilt and blind decor and two black gilt labels per spine. Gilt decor to turn-ins. Hinges sound. 12mos (9.6 x 15.4cm). All edges red. Decorated endpapers. Binder’s label of John Aiken & Son, Academy Street, Belfast, to inside rear board of all vols. 5 plates (inc. frontis to vols I & II), engraved by D. B. Pyett after G. Zocchi. Tailpieces. Occasional tidemarking to vols I & IV; very light scattered foxing. Soundly rebound late 18th-century edition of Dryden’s Virgil, ‘a masterpiece which rarely flags, and often rises to heights of eloquence and tragic reflection’ (ODNB). ESTC N25897. ~Robust packaging. Tracking can be added to overseas orders on request.