Name: Auction: Virgil - John Ogilby, translator The Works of Publius Virgilius
Brand: Lyon & Turnbull
Price: 693 GBP
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Head of Sale, Cathy Tait, is delighted to present our first Books &amp; Manuscripts auction of 2025, which took place on Wednesday 05 February in our historic saleroom in Edinburgh and online.Manuscript and archive material lead the way in the sale, with a signed letter by Mary I of England (Mary Tudor), a fascinating English Civil War medical text and an account of a voyage undertaken by the East India Company ship the “Swift”, a journey instrumental in the treatment and prevention of scurvy.Further highlights of the sale include an intriguing collection of detective and adventure novels from the golden age of mystery fiction, a near-complete collection of the output of the T.N. Foulis Press and an extremely rare 1915 copy of the Persian Gulf Pilot.Buyer's Guide:&nbsp;

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London: Thomas Roycroft, 1668. Second edition, folio, frontispiece, portrait, 100 engraved plates, modern but contemporary style panelled calf gilt with red morocco gilt label to spine, a few repairs occasionally with loss of several words, final leaf strengthened with tissue-paper, some dampstaining; Les Oeuvres de Virgile… Paris: Desaint & Saillant, 1751. 12mo, volume one only; Dryden, John, translator. The Works of Virgil… London: Jacob Tonson, 1721. Fifth edition, 3 volumes, 12mo, portrait, plates, contemporary panelled calf (5)

The Works of Publius Virgilius

Virgil - John Ogilby, translator

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Virgil - John Ogilby, translator

The Works of Publius Virgilius

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