Collection Highlight: Dryden's Works of Virgil

John Dryden (1631-1700). 
The Works of Virgil: Containing his Pastorals, Georgics, and Aeneis. Translated into English Verse; by Mr. Dryden. Adorn'd with a Hundred Sculptures. London : Jacob Tonson, 1697. 


At the end of a letter addressed to the poet William Walsh (bap. 1662- d. 1708), and dated December 12 [1693], John Dryden outlined the plan to publish his translation of the works of Virgil:

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The Ask the Archivist column in the Summer 2021 Rochester Review answered a question from Campus Times Features Editor Melanie Earle ’23, who asked about the history of the carved wooden Yellowjacket sculpture which currently nests in a corner of Hirst Lounge in Wilson Commons. You can read the article here

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