Virgil's Æneis 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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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Edinburgh
printed by Mr. Andrew Symson, and Mr. Robert Freebairn, and sold at their Shops
1710, MDCCX. [1710]
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| Collection: | Eighteenth Century Collections Online / ECCO - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
| Item Description: | 'The life of Gawin Douglas' is by John Sage. - English Short Title Catalog, T139442. - Includes the additional book translated from Mapheus Vegius. - Reproduction of original from British Library. - 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 glossary, which is unpaginated, is by Thomas Ruddiman. - 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. - With a list of subscribers |
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| Physical Description: | Online-Ressource ([6],19,[1],iv,[4],486,[96]p) 2° |