The Works of John Dryden ... Illustrated with Notes, Historical, Critical, and Explanatory, and a Life of the Author, by Walter Scott. Second Edition.

Publisher Marketing: Title: The works of John Dryden ... Illustrated with notes, historical, critical, and explanatory, and a life of the author, by Walter Scott. Publisher: British Library, Historical Print EditionsThe British Library is the national library of the United Kingdom. It is one of the world's largest research libraries holding over 150 million items in all known languages and formats: books, journals, newspapers, sound recordings, patents, maps, stamps, prints and much more. Its collections include around 14 million books, along with substantial additional collections of manuscripts and historical items dating back as far as 300 BC. The NOVELS OF THE 18th & 19th CENTURIES collection includes books from the British Library digitised by Microsoft. The collection includes major and minor works from a period which saw the development and triumph of the English novel. These classics were written for a range of audiences and will engage any reading enthusiast. ++++The below data was compiled from various identification fields in the bibliographic record of this title. This data is provided as an additional tool in helping to insure edition identification: ++++ British Library Dryden, John; Scott, Sir Walter 1821 18 vol.: plate; port.; 8 . 12272.r.3. Contributor Bio:  Dryden, John Publius Vergilius Maro (October 15, 70 BC - September 21, 19 BC), usually called Virgil in English, was an ancient Roman poet of the Augustan period. He is known for three major works of Latin literature, the Eclogues (or Bucolics), the Georgics, and the epic Aeneid. A number of minor poems, collected in the Appendix Vergiliana, are sometimes attributed to him.