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Antiquities, Pine, John, Illustrations of Virgil's Poems-Vol 1, 27 V14.27 1774

Antiquities, Pine, John, Illustrations of Virgil's Poems-Vol 1, 27 V14.27 1774

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Pine, John-Illustrations of Virgil's Poems-Vol 1, 27-V14.27, 1774-

Date: 1774

Artist: Pine John

Engraver: Pine John

Publisher:  Pine Robertus Edge (son)

Paper Size: 140 x 220mm

Print Size:105 x 180mm

Condition: good

Technique: copperplate engraving

Price: $100

Description: fine copperplate engraving

Provenance:

Virgil was a poet (70BC-19BC), He wrote 3 of the most famous poems in latin literature, Eglogues, The Georgics and Aeneid.

Less well known than his Horace, Pine's Virgil was left unfinished at his death in 1756 with only the Eclogues and Georgics illustrated and issued. His son, Robert Edge Pine, a notable painter in his own right, published this reissue with new preliminaries in 1774

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