Shelfmark
CS.1436.08
Author
Uniform title
[Aeneis. English]
Title
The Aeneid of Virgil / translated into English verse by John Conington.
Publication, distribution, etc.
London : Longmans, Green, and Co., 1866.
Physical description
xvi, 454 p. ; 20 cm.
Note
With a half-title.
Note
"Printed by Spottiswoode and Co., New-street square, London"--Colophon.
Provenance
Ms. inscription in black ink on the second front flyleaf reading "Edward Austen Leigh, Eton College".
Provenance
Library markings in pencil on front flyleaf.
Binding
19th century red half calf binding over red marbled paper on covers; blind-tooled fillets on covers; five raised bands with gilt fillets on spine; gilt title on black leather compartment on spine, gilt author's name on a separate compartment; red sprinkled edges; green endpapers; binder's stamp of R. Ingalton Drake on front pastedown.
Copy-specific note
Errata slip tipped in on p. 1.
Subject
Aeneas (Legendary character)
Subject
Legends Rome Poetry.
Subject
Epic poetry, Latin Translations into English.
Added entry--name
Conington, John, 1825 - 1869 translator.
Added entry--name
Austen-Leigh, Edward Chenevix, 1865 - ? former owner.
Added entry--name
Longmans, Green, and Co. publisher.
Added entry--name
Spottiswoode & Co. printer.
Added entry--name
Ingalton Drake, R. binder.
Added entry--place
England London.
Language code
eng lat
Identifier
B54064