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Title

The eclogues Virgil ; done into English prose [by] J.W. Mackail.

Author

Virgil.

Publication

Portland, Me., Thomas B. Mosher, 1898.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Mackail, J. W. (John William), 1859-1945
• Thomas B. Mosher (Firm), publisher.
• Smith & Sale, printer.

Description

ix, [3], 96 p., 1 l. front.; 16 cm.

Alternative Title

Eclogues of Virgil

Subject

Pastoral poetry, Latin > Translations into English.

Genre/Form

Private press books – Maine – Portland – 1898.

Note

• "This edition is a reprint of J.W. Mackail's translation of the Eclogues, (London, 1889). The prefatory note, together with the arguments, are taken from Sir Charles Bowen's version, (London, 1889). For frontispiece, Samuel Palmer's etching to the First Eclogue has been reproduced in albertype."
• "Four hundred and fifty copies of this book have been printed on Van Gelder hand made paper for Thomas B. Mosher and type distributed, in the month of October, A.D., MDCCCXCVIII, at the press of Smith & Sale, Portland, Maine."

Binding (note)

• Copy in *KP Mosher 18-107 bound in publisher’s pictorial stiff wrappers. Unopened. Housed in a slip-case covered with multi-color printed ribbed paper that resembles cloth.

Call Number

*KP (Mosher) (Virgil. Virgil. The eclogues)

OCLC

8054655

Author

Virgil.

Title

The eclogues Virgil ; done into English prose [by] J.W. Mackail.

Imprint

Portland, Me., Thomas B. Mosher, 1898.

Binding

Copy in *KP Mosher 18-107 bound in publisher’s pictorial stiff wrappers. Unopened. Housed in a slip-case covered with multi-color printed ribbed paper that resembles cloth. NN

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Added Author

Mackail, J. W. (John William), 1859-1945, translator.

Thomas B. Mosher (Firm), publisher.

Smith & Sale, printer.

Cover Title

Eclogues of Virgil

Research Call Number

*KP (Mosher) (Virgil. Virgil. The eclogues)

*KP Mosher 18-107