COTTON (CHARLES) WALLER (EDMUND) and SIDNEY GODOLPHIN, translators. The Passion of Dido for Aeneas, as it is Incomparably Exprest in the Fourth Book of Virgil, first edition of this translation, SIGNED AND ASTERISKED BY CHARLES COTTON on the final page, Humphrey Moseley, 1658 — VERGILIUS MARO (PUBLIUS) WALLER (EDMUND) and SIDNEY GODOLPHIN, translators. The Passion of Dido for Aeneas, as it is Incomparably Exprest in the Fourth Book of Virgil, first edition of this translation, SIGNED AND ASTERISKED BY CHARLES COTTON on the final page, Humphrey Moseley, 1658

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Sale: Bonhams — Fine Books, Manuscripts, Atlases & Historical Photographs, London, Knightsbridge · 26 June 2019
Record ID: TB-2026-763316
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Vergilius Maro, COTTON (CHARLES) WALLER (EDMUND) and SIDNEY GODOLPHIN, translators. The Passion of Dido for Aeneas, as it is Incomparably Exprest in the Fourth Book of Virgil, first edition of this translation, SIGNED AND ASTERISKED BY CHARLES COTTON on the final page, Humphrey Moseley, 1658. Bonhams, 26 Jun 2019, lot 134. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-763316.

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Vergilius Maro, COTTON (CHARLES) WALLER (EDMUND) and SIDNEY GODOLPHIN, translators. The Passion of Dido for Aeneas, as it is Incomparably Exprest in the Fourth Book of Virgil, first edition of this translation, SIGNED AND ASTERISKED BY CHARLES COTTON on the final page, Humphrey Moseley, 1658. Bonhams, 26 Jun 2019, lot 134. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-763316.

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