**G_300.56—**Benton 30,873.1—**Benton 30.873.2 Virgilius Maro, Publius. Two or more works. Latin.
Publii Virgilii Maronis Bucolica, Georgica et Aeneis. Birminghamiae: Typis Johannis Baskerville. MDCCLVII. (10), 432 pp. 29cm., in 4s,
This is the first issue of the Baskerville Press.
Title, verso blank. Sigs. a, b, in 2s. A-Z, Aa-Zz, Aaa-Hhh, in 4s. Verso of p. 103 not counted. No page 232.
The book appeared in seven slightly differing states. As numbered in the Baskerville Bibliography by Straus and Dent [*6113,173] the first Benton copy is state iii, the second, state iv, and the Barton copy, state vii. The distinguishing marks are as follows: —In state iii, the “Names too
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This card was printcd at the Boston
Cp151 — Baskerville Press.
Public Library, September §, 1922.