The Eneis, Books I. and II. Rendered into English Blank Iambic, with new interpretations and illustrations [Autograph Note Signed by Henry Pasted in]

  • London: Taylor and Walton, 1845
By Virgil; James Henry [trans.]
London: Taylor and Walton, 1845. Very Good. London: Taylor and Walton, 1845. First Edition. Slim octavo (23cm.); later brown cloth over decorative paper-covered boards, gilt-lettered spine; vi,126pp. Very light wear to boards, textblock rather darkened and foxed, later (1928) ownership signature to front free endpaper, else Very Good and sound. Autograph note signed by the author mounted to front pastedown: "Presented to Miss Everena Boake with the author's kindest regards / Paris June 3/46 / James Henry."

Quite uncommon scholarly edition of the first two books of Virgil's Eneis translated by the Irish author James Henry (1798-1876), most pages heavily devoted to his footnotes on the text.

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