Publii Virgilii Maronis Bucolica, Georgica, et Aeneis

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Publii Virgilii Maronis Bucolica, Georgica, et Aeneis
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Title page from Publii Virgilii Maronis Bucolica, Georgica, et Aeneis, George Wythe Collection, Wolf Law Library, College of William & Mary.

Author Virgil
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Published Glasguae: In Aedibus Academicis, excudebat Andreas Foulis, Academiae Typographus
Date 1784
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Language Latin
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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. George Wythe's Library[1] 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 Brown Bibliography[2] suggests either the Foulis edition of 1758 or 1784 with a slight preference for the former. The Wolf Law Library purchased the 1784, octavo 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.

View this book in William & Mary's online catalog.

References

  1. LibraryThing, s. v. "Member: George Wythe," accessed on November 13, 2013, http://www.librarything.com/profile/GeorgeWythe
  2. Bennie Brown, "The Library of George Wythe of Williamsburg and Richmond," (unpublished manuscript, May, 2012) Microsoft Word file.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