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BASKERVILLE PRESS VIRGIL. VIRGIL (PUBLIUS VIRGILIUS MARO). 70-19 BCE. Bucolica, georgica, et Aeneis. Birmingham: John Baskerville, 1757.
13 – 23 June 2023, 12:00 EDT
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BASKERVILLE PRESS VIRGIL.
VIRGIL (PUBLIUS VIRGILIUS MARO). 70-19 BCE. Bucolica, georgica, et Aeneis. Birmingham: John Baskerville, 1757.
4to (290 x 227 mm). List of subscribers. Contemporary calf, rebacked with compartments of original spine laid down. Corners bumped, scuffing, scattered spotting and browning, some marginalia in ink and pencil.
Provenance: Captain Campbell of Kilberry (bookplate).
FIRST BASKERVILLE EDITION, subscriber's copy of the first work published by John Baskerville: "Baskerville's first and perhaps his finest book ... 900 copies were printed, at 1 guinea to subscribers" (Gaskell 1).
4to (290 x 227 mm). List of subscribers. Contemporary calf, rebacked with compartments of original spine laid down. Corners bumped, scuffing, scattered spotting and browning, some marginalia in ink and pencil.
Provenance: Captain Campbell of Kilberry (bookplate).
FIRST BASKERVILLE EDITION, subscriber's copy of the first work published by John Baskerville: "Baskerville's first and perhaps his finest book ... 900 copies were printed, at 1 guinea to subscribers" (Gaskell 1).





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