The Georgics.

1952. VIRGIL. The Georgics. 174 pp. Translated by John Dryden; Introduction by George F. Whicher. Illustrated and signed by Bruno Bramanti and the designer, Giovanni Mardersteig. 8vo., bound in deluxe half brown morocco. New York: The Limited Editions Club, 1952. Virgil's passionate message to care for the land and for the crops and animals that it sustains, could hardly be more topical two millenia after he wrote it. One of 1500 copies, printed and bound by the Officina Bodoni. Set in monotype Bembo, printed on Maslianico special paper in a handsome new binding. LEC 229.