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The XII Aeneids of Virgil, the most renowned laureat-prince of Latine-poets; translated into English deca-syllables, by Iohn Vicars. 1632.

Virgil. author.; Vicars, John, 1579 or 1580-1652.; I. P., active 1632, printmaker.; Donatus, Aelius.; Alsop, Nicholas, active 1632-1640, bookseller.; Collier, John Payne, 1789-1883, former owner.; Harmsworth, R. Leicester (Robert Leicester), Sir, 1870-1937, former owner.
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Title
The XII Aeneids of Virgil, the most renowned laureat-prince of Latine-poets; translated into English deca-syllables, by Iohn Vicars. 1632.
Uniform title
Aeneis. English
Created/published
[Cambridge] : [printed by T. Buck and] are to be sold by Ni: Alsop at the Angell in Popes head ally [, London, 1632]
Description
[16], 418, [6] p. ; (8vo)
Associated name
Virgil. author.
Vicars, John, 1579 or 1580-1652.
I. P., active 1632, printmaker.
Donatus, Aelius.
Alsop, Nicholas, active 1632-1640, bookseller.
Collier, John Payne, 1789-1883, former owner.
Harmsworth, R. Leicester (Robert Leicester), Sir, 1870-1937, former owner.
Note
A translation of: Aeneid.

In verse.

Printer's name from STC.

The title page is engraved and signed: IP.

Includes on leaves A3v-A7r: The life of Virgil, written by Tiberius Claudius Donatus".

With errata on leaf 2E2.

Last 2 leaves are blank.

Signatures: A-2D⁸ 2E⁴.
ESTC staff note
L copy filmed on UMI "Tract supplement" reel E1 (Harl. 5921[179]): title page only.
Signatures from DFo.
Cited/described in
Pollard, A.W. Short-title catalogue of books printed in England, Scotland, & Ireland and of English books printed abroad, 1475-1640 (2nd ed.) (STC), 24809
Carl H. Pforzheimer Library, 1029
English short title catalogue (ESTC), S111557
Genre/form
Prices (Provenance)
Place of creation/publication
Great Britain -- England -- Cambridge.

Call number
STC 24809 copy 1
Folger-specific note
HH211/15. MS. markings on t.p. Blank leaf 2E3 is torn away. Gilt-tooled calf binding. Provenance: inscribed on front fly-leaf: "Edward Hawkins ... 1841"; Harmsworth copy
Call number
STC 24809 copy 2
Folger-specific note
cs141. Imperfect: wanting the errata leaf and the final blank leaves. Leaf D3 is unpaginated (the other two Folger copies have D3 paginated). MS. markings. Leaf Z8 mis-printed, affecting text. Gilt-tooled goatskin binding signed by Riviere & Son. Provenance: 1903 Folger purchase from Pickering, Pt.II, lot 2427
Call number
STC 24809 copy 3
Folger-specific note
cs363. Imperfect: wanting the errata lead and the final blank leaves. MS. price. Green goatskin binding signed by Richardson, Glasgow. Provenance: inscribed on front fly-leaf (and on t.p.): "J. [John] Payne Collier"; inscribed on front fly-leaf: "W. [William] C. [Carew] Hazlitt"; anonynous armorial bookplate, signed "J. Dawson Brodie" (motto "To unite be mindful"); bookseller's ticket of Kerr & Richardson, Glasgow; 1902 Folger purchase from A.R. Smith, pt. II, lot 2025