Parte ff. 21–5 - Copy of an agreement between (A) John Dryden and (B) Jacob Tonson for Dryden’s translation of Virgil, 15 June 1694

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Crewe MS/21/ff. 21–5

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Copy of an agreement between (A) John Dryden and (B) Jacob Tonson for Dryden’s translation of Virgil, 15 June 1694

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  • 18th c. (Creación)

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Volumen y soporte

4 single sheets, 1 folded sheet (f. 24)

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Alcance y contenido

A agrees to translate ‘with all the convenient speed from the Latin into English verse all the Eclogues Georgics and Eneid of Virgil and prepare them for the press with such notes preface or dedication as he shall think most fitting’. He agrees not toread more

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Características físicas y requisitos técnicos

Five sheets, each pasted to a guard in Crewe MS 21 (ff. 21–5).

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Existencia y localización de copias

The original and its counterpart are in the British Library (Add. Ch. 8429 and Add. MS 36933). They are printed in The Works of John Dryden, ed. E. N. Hooker, etc. (1956–2000), vi. 1179–82.

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