£500
Virgil & Palmer (Samuel, translator & illustrator), An English Version of The Eclogues, first edition thus, presumably one of the 135 large paper copies, yet lacking the numbered leaf or any inscription to that effect, London: Published by & Seeley & Company, 1883, half-title, xv, 102pp, 14 plates after Palmer, 5 of which are etchings as called for, minor and occasional finger soiling, an occasional foxed spot or two, contemporary vellum over slightly bevelled boards, covers blocked in gilt with armorial supralibros of New College, Oxford, lettered olive green morocco pieces, top edge gilt, others uncut, marbled endpapers, 8vo (32.5 x 23cm)
Provenance: The Reverend Canon Sydney Cooper (1862-1942), matriculated New College, Oxon, 1880, later vicar of St Probus, Truro, Cornwall, and later chancellor and canon emeritus of Truro Cathedral.
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