This is a finely bound two-volume 1800 edition of Publius Vergilius Maro’s “Bucolica, Georgica, et Aeneis,” printed in London by T. Bensley for A. Dulau & Co., Soho Square. It features classic Latin texts of Virgil’s works with superb marbled edges and endpapers, engraved illustrations signed F. Bartolozzi, & special provenance from the Craig W. Kallendorf Virgil collection.
Published: London, 1800 (MDCCC), T. Bensley, Apud A. Dulau & Co., Soho Square.
Two matching finely bound volumes, half-leather with marbled paper boards & endpapers, gold-tooled spines labeled “Virgil Opera Tomus I/II“
Includes Virgil’s “Bucolica,” “Georgica,” and “Aeneis,” with classical Latin typeface and engraved plates by F. Bartolozzi
Printer: Thomas Bensley, renowned for quality English press work
Special Provenance: Bookplate of Virgil scholar Craig W. Kallendorf; inscription from a former owner.
