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===by Virgil===
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}}[[wikipedia:Virgil|Publius Vergilius Maro]] (70 &ndash; 19 BCE), commonly known as Virgil, was a Roman poet born in Cisalpine, Gaul, on the side of the Alps closest to Rome. His family was well-off, enabling his studies at Cremona and Milan, as well as Rome and Naples, the latter under the Epicurean philosopher Siro.<ref>[http://www.oxfordreference.com/view/10.1093/acref/9780199548545.001.0001/acref-9780199548545-e-3090 "Virgil"] in ''The Oxford Companion to Classical Literature'', ed. by M.C. Howatson (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2011).</ref> When land was confiscated following the battle of Phillippi in 42 BCE for the army veterans of Antony and Octavian, Virgil's family lost land.  They were likely compensated, however, with property near Naples.<ref>Ibid.</ref> Virgil’s ''Eclogues'', his first collection of poems, were likely written around that time, perhaps as late as 38 BCE, as the confiscations were a central topic of two of the poems.<ref>[http://www.oxfordreference.com/view/10.1093/acref/9780192801463.001.0001/acref-9780192801463-e-2329 "Virgil "] in ''Oxford Dictionary of the Classical World'', ed. by John Roberts (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2007)</ref> At some later point, Virgil became part of the poetic circle around Maecenas, putting him in close contact with Octavian, the future emperor Augustus.

Virgil published his ''Georgics'' in 29 BCE. Throughout the 20s BCE, both of Virgil's books of poetry were widely read and distributed.<ref>Ibid.</ref> His poems illustrate the greatness of the Roman Empire through “the technical perfection of his verse” and imagery.<ref>"Virgil” in ''The Oxford Companion to Classical Literature''.</ref>

[[File:VirgilBucolicaGeorgicaEtAenies1784Inscription.jpg|left|thumb|200px|<center>Inscriptions, front pastedown.</center>]]
This volume contains the three most important of Virgil’s works: the ''Pastorals'' ("Bucolics" or "Eclogues"), the ''Georgics'', and the ''Aeneid''. The ''Pastorals'' muse on the idyllic life of shepherds in northern Italy.<ref>Virgil, ''Georgics'', trans. Peter Fallon, (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2009), xiv.</ref> The ''Georgics'' are, similarly, meditations on the nature of agriculture. The name "Georgics" refers to the Greek phrase for "working the land" and the word for “farmer.”<ref>Ibid.</ref> Where Virgil's pastoral poems were largely imitative, the focus and depth of his Georgics were unprecedented.<ref>Ibid., xiii.</ref> The ''Aeneid'' is Virgil's great epic, following the tradition of Homer.<ref>Virgil, ''Aeneid'', ed. Clyde Pharr, (Wauconda, IL: Bolchazy-Carducci, 2007), 1–4.</ref> The work follows the story of Aeneis, who leaves behind his conquered homeland of Troy and goes on to found the culture that will eventually become Rome. Virgil himself captured the scope of these three works with the inscription on his tombstone, "cecini pascua rura duces" (I sang of farms, fields, and heroes).<ref>Ibid.</ref>

==Evidence for Inclusion in Wythe's Library==
Listed in the [[Jefferson Inventory]] of [[Wythe's Library]] as "[Virgil] Foulis. 12mo." and given by [[Thomas Jefferson]] to his grandson [[Thomas Jefferson Randolph]]. The precise edition owned by Wythe is unknown. [http://www.librarything.com/profile/GeorgeWythe George Wythe's Library]<ref>''LibraryThing'', s. v. "Member: George Wythe," accessed on November 13, 2013, http://www.librarything.com/profile/GeorgeWythe </ref> on LibraryThing indicates this, adding "Foulis editions in Latin were published in octavo in 1758 and 1784, and in folio in 1778. Three-volume English editions in duodecimo were published in 1769 and 1775."  The [https://digitalarchive.wm.edu/handle/10288/13433 Brown Bibliography]<ref> Bennie Brown, "The Library of George Wythe of Williamsburg and Richmond," (unpublished manuscript, May, 2012) Microsoft Word file. Earlier edition available at: https://digitalarchive.wm.edu/handle/10288/13433</ref> suggests either the Foulis octavo edition of 1758 or that of 1784 with a slight preference for the former. The Wolf Law Library purchased the 1784 edition.

==Description of the Wolf Law Library's copy==
Bound in contemporary calf with new backing. Title page includes signatures of former owners "Thos. Duncan, 1794" and "Chas. Saroley."

Images of the library's copy of this book are [https://www.flickr.com/photos/wolflawlibrary/sets/72157660835681161 available on Flickr.] View the record for this book in [https://wm.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/permalink/01COWM_INST/g9pr7p/alma991028059059703196 William & Mary's online catalog.]

==See also==
*[[George Wythe Room]]
*[[Jefferson Inventory]]
*''[[P. Virgilii Maronis Bucolica, Georgica, et Aeneis]]''
*''[[P. Virgilii Maronis Bucolica P. Rami Eloquentiae et Philosophiae|P. Virgilii Maronis Bucolica P. Rami Eloquentiae & Philosophiae]]''
*''[[P. Virgilii Maronis Opera]]''
*''[[Works of Virgil, Containing His Pastorals, Georgics and Æneis|The Works of Virgil, Containing His Pastorals, Georgics and Æneis]]''
*[[Wythe's Library]]

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