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A65112 The works of Virgil containing his Pastorals, Georgics and Aeneis : adorn'd with a hundred sculptures / translated into English verse by Mr. Dryden. Virgil.; Virgil. Bucolica.; Virgil. Georgica.; Virgil. Aeneis.; Dryden, John, 1631-1700. 1697 (1697) Wing V616; ESTC R26296 421,337 914

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