P. Virgilii Maronis Opera. Interpretatione et notis illustravit Carolus Ruaeus, Soc. Jesu. Jussu Christianissimi Regis, ad usum Serenissimi Delphini by Maronis, P. Virgilii [Publius Vergilius Maro] - 1777

Londini: Impensis C. Bathurst, J.F. & C. Rivington, J. Pots, T. Caslon, T. Longman, B. Law, W. Stuart, W. Ginger, R. Baldwin, G. Robinson, W. Goldsmith, T. Evans, and J. Wallis, 1777. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo. Full marbled calf, red leather spine label, gilt title and compartments. Marbled endpapers. A.E.R. [24], 610, 222 pp. Illustrated with engraved folding map of the Mediterranean showing the journies of Aeneas, title page printed in red and black. Spine shaken and chipped at ends. Worn to extremities, a few sots of chafing to bards. Joints and hinges cracking. An ancient Roman poet, Publius Vergilius Maro (70BC-19BC) or Virgil, was active during the Augustan period and is traditionally ranked as one of Rome's greatest poets.