In Turbervile's elaborate comment on the style which he has used in his translation of the eclogues of Mantuan, there is the same baffling vagueness in his references to the quality of the original that is felt in the prefaces of Lydgate and Caxton.
"Early Theories of Translation"
Flora Ross Amos
In the eclogues and the Georgics, the memory of the old farm at Andes breaks through the more conventional sentiment of Alexandrian tradition.
"Roman Society from Nero to Marcus Aurelius"
Samuel Dill
The eclogues and Poems had each a separate title-page, and two well-executed copper-plate engravings occur in the volumes.
"A Short History of English Printing, 1476-1898"
Henry R. Plomer