Shelfmark
Fc.7.22
Author
Uniform title
[Aeneid. Book 6. English 1661.]
Title
Æneas his descent into Hell : as it is inimitably described by the prince of poets in the sixth of his Æneis. / made English by John Boys of Hode-Court, Esq; together with an ample and learned comment upon the same, wherein all passages critical, mythological, philosophical and historical, are fully and clearly explained. To which are added some certain pieces relating to the publick, written by the author.
Publication, distribution, etc.
London, : Printed for the author, and are to be sold by Henry Brome at the Gun in Ivy-lane, 1661.
Physical description
[16], 232 p. ; 4to.
Note
The prince of poets = Virgil.
Note
Errata: p. [16].
Note
The 'certain pieces relating to the publick' concern Boys's involvement in the politics of the Restoration in Kent.
Note
Title within border of small fleur-de-lys type ornaments.
Note
Woodcut head-pieces and initials; marginal notes and print manicules.
Citation/references note
ESTC, R17266
Citation/references note
Wing (CD-ROM, 1996), V620
Provenance
Booklabel of John Reynolds, recording donation to Eton College in 1751.
Binding
Contemporary English brown sheep; blind tooled double fillet border with second vertical line close to spine; flat spine, with blind tooled double fillet horizontal lines; red morocco spine label with gold tooled letters.
Copy-specific note
Previous shelfmark: Fc.7.22.
Subject
Subject
Hell Poetry Early works to 1800.
Added entry--name
Added entry--name
Brome, Henry bookseller.
Added entry--name
Reynolds, John, 1671 - 1758 former owner.
Added entry--place
England London.
Identifier
B28348