Virgil's Æneis, [electronic resource] : translated into Scottish verse, by The Famous Gawin Douglas Bishop of Dunkeld. A new edition. Wherein the many errors of the former are corrected, and the Defects supply'd, from an excellent Manuscript. To which is added a large glossary, Explaining the Difficult Words: Which may serve for a Dictionary to the Old Scottish Language. And to the whole is prefix'd an exact account of the author's life and writings, from the best Histories and Records.
1710
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Virgil's Æneis, [electronic resource] : translated into Scottish verse, by The Famous Gawin Douglas Bishop of Dunkeld. A new edition. Wherein the many errors of the former are corrected, and the Defects supply'd, from an excellent Manuscript. To which is added a large glossary, Explaining the Difficult Words: Which may serve for a Dictionary to the Old Scottish Language. And to the whole is prefix'd an exact account of the author's life and writings, from the best Histories and Records.
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Aeneis. English
Publication Details
Edinburgh : printed by Mr. Andrew Symson, and Mr. Robert Freebairn, and sold at their Shops, MDCCX. [1710]
Place of Publication or Printing
Great Britain -- Scotland -- Edinburgh.
Language
English
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[6],19,[1],iv,[4],486,[96]p. ; 2⁰.
Note
'The life of Gawin Douglas' is by John Sage.
The glossary, which is unpaginated, is by Thomas Ruddiman.
Includes the additional book translated from Mapheus Vegius.
With a list of subscribers.
The arrangement of the preliminaries varies from copy to copy. The preliminaries are: titlepage ([2]p.); titlepage to 1553 ed. ([2]p.); 'The life of Gawin Douglas' (19,[1]p.); 'The judgment and testimonies' (ivp.); preface ([4]p.) and the list of subscribers ([4]p.).
The main text begins on p. 3 (sig. A2); the titlepage to the 1553 ed. (unsigned) may have been intended to be pp. 1-2.
Reproduction of original from British Library.
The glossary, which is unpaginated, is by Thomas Ruddiman.
Includes the additional book translated from Mapheus Vegius.
With a list of subscribers.
The arrangement of the preliminaries varies from copy to copy. The preliminaries are: titlepage ([2]p.); titlepage to 1553 ed. ([2]p.); 'The life of Gawin Douglas' (19,[1]p.); 'The judgment and testimonies' (ivp.); preface ([4]p.) and the list of subscribers ([4]p.).
The main text begins on p. 3 (sig. A2); the titlepage to the 1553 ed. (unsigned) may have been intended to be pp. 1-2.
Reproduction of original from British Library.
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English Short Title Catalog, T139442.
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Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Cengage Gale, 2009. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements.
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