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

Zone d'identification

Cote

Crewe MS/21/ff. 21–5

Titre

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

Date(s)

  • 18th c. (Production)

Niveau de description

Partie

Étendue matérielle et support

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

Zone du contexte

Zone du contenu et de la structure

Portée et contenu

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

Zone des conditions d'accès et d'utilisation

Caractéristiques matérielle et contraintes techniques

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

Zone des sources complémentaires

Existence and location of copies

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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