An introduction to the knowledge of rare and valuable editions of the Greek and Roman Classics / by T. F. Dibdin.

  • Thomas Frognall Dibdin
Date:
1802
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    VIRGILH. opera. Ilcinsu. Amst. Duod. ! 67 0 Emmeries. L. Bat. Oct. i 680 Cantab. Qto. 1701 Masvicii. Leovard. Qto. 1717 Medici. Florent. Qto. 1741 Bib. Vat. Romas Folio 174 1 Cunniiigh. Edinb. Duod. 1743 Bur man. Amst. Qto. 1746 Sandby. London Oct. 1750 Wart on. Ibid. Oct. 1753 Edinb. Duod. 1755 Very coiTect edition *. Valuable edition, 3 vol.f Excellent edition. Magnificent, 2 vol.J 10s. 6d. Payne’s Cat. ISOI. 2/. 2s. White’s Cat. 1801. Excellent edition §. In large paper, 5l. 5s. 4 vol. Beautiful edition. 2 vol. H Elegant edition. 4 vol.** Very correct edition ff. II * This elegant edition, printed by Elzevir,, is in great repute; at Mr. Beauclerk’s sale it sold for 5s. 3cl. A copy of it, in Morocco,-is marked at 1 Sr. rn Mr. Payne’s Cat. 1801 ; and at 1/. Is. Evans’s Cat. 1800. This edition, in large paper, sold for 51. 15s. Gcl. at the Pinellian sale; in Mr. Faulder’s Cat. 1797, a tine copy, large pu]>et, in vellum, is marked, at 1/. Is. j- In Mr. Egerton’s Cat. 1801, this edition is marked at 1/. 7s. In Mr. Mr. White’s, 1801, it is placed with the Variorum Classics, and marked 21. l2s. cum fig. niticliss. inperg. J This edition, in the various catalogues before-mentioned, generally sells from 17. to 1/. 5s. There are many charl-mux copies so be found: one in Mr, Evans’s Cat. 1800, elegant, in hog's skin, 51. 5s. three in Mr. Egerton’s Cat. 1801, from two to three guineas ; one in Mr. White’s Cat. 1801, 3 vol. at 41. 4s. The same, in morocco, 51. 5s. Payne’s Cat. 1801. § According to Dr. Harwood, some prefer this to the very excellent edi- tion of 1755, Edinb.—See Note thereon. || So marked in Mr. Payne’s Cat. 1801. In Mr. Evans’s Cat. 1800, the same work, Cum Comment. Varior. elBurman. Amst. 1747r elegant, in Russia, is marked at 10/. 10s. The common paper edition, in Mr. Payne’s and Eger- ton’s Cat. 1801, is valued from 2 guineas to 21. 12s. 6il. In Mr. White’s Cat. 1801, this elegant edition, with plates, is marked at the reasonable sum of Pis. In the same Cat. the edition of Horace, by Sandby, 2 vol. Pulch. is marked 1/. 4s. The Terence, 2 vol. at 6s. The Ju- venal and Persius, complete the set by Sandby. In Mr. Evans’s Cat. 1800, these beautiful editions, 7 vol. large paper, morocco, gilt leaves, are valued at 41. 4s. ** << This edition,” says Dr. Harwood, “ is now scarce;—it is beauti- fully printed, has beautiful engravings, and very judicious notes : but the- Latin text, in the Georgies especially, is very incorrectly printed. It has- been te-published 1778 ; and the title says, this second edition is more correct than the former.” ft One of the most correct editions of Virgil ever published. This is one ' of the four editions of the Latin Classics, which do so much honor to the University of Edinburgh. Livy, 1751,—Sallust, 1755,—Terence, 1758,—and this edition of Virgil, 1755. Harwood,