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Title: The Works of Virgil: Containing his Pastorals, Georgics, and Aeneid, Translated into English Verse by Mr. Dryden, Adorn'd with a Hundred Sculptures, the Second Edition
Author:
Virgil (Roman, Andes 70 BCE–19 BCE Brundisium)
Translator:
John Dryden (British, Aldwincle, Northamptonshire 1631–1700 London)
Engraver:
Wenceslaus Hollar (Bohemian, Prague 1607–1677 London)
Engraver:
Michael Vandergucht (Flemish, Antwerp 1660–1725 London)
Artist:
After Franz Cleyn (German, Rostock 1582–1658 London)
Publisher:
Jacob Tonson, the Elder (British, London 1655–1736 Barn Elms, Surrey)
Date: 1698
Medium: Illustrations: etching and engraving
Dimensions: 14 × 9 × 2 1/2 in. (35.6 × 22.9 × 6.4 cm)
Classification: Books
Credit Line: Gift of Morrison H. Heckscher, 2015
Accession Number: 2015.619.5
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