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The eclogues: PB 216-2003

Object information

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Titles

The eclogues

Maker(s)

Author: Virgil
Translator: Calverley, C. S.
Contributor: Hadas, Moses
Publisher: Limited Editions Club
Designer: Salter, George
Printer: Press of A. Colish

Categories

Description

By Publius Virgilius Maro ; translated into English verse by C.S. Calverley ; with an introduction by Moses Hadas ; and drawings by Vertès.

Xxvii, 96, [2] p : col. ill ; 33 cm

Place(s) associated

  • Mt. Vernon

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (2003-05) by Dreyfus, John

Dating

Production date: AD 1960

Note

Limited ed. of 1500 copies, of which the Museum has copy no. "J.D." signed by the artist. Three quarter bound in gold-toned Shiki silk, silk-screened with a Vertès drawing in green, gold stamped linen spine. Issued in a slipcase.

Components of the work

Support composed of paper
Illustrations

Materials used in production

Printing ink

Techniques used in production

Printing

Identification numbers

Accession number: PB 216-2003
Primary reference Number: 95633
Stable URI

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Monday 3 September 2012 Last processed: Thursday 29 June 2023

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Manuscripts and Printed Books

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