I stumbled upon this edition of the first book of Vergil's Georgics using googlebooks. It was first published in 1900 by Samuel Edward Winbolt, who wrote a number of textbooks on Latin verse and Latin language. What I like most about it are the illustrations, and the way they suggest Roman culture was a more exotic creature than the bland Victorian preface to the work would have you believe. Check out the Pan (p. 2), the 'naked Chalybes' (5; mythical metalworking dwarves), Demeter and Triptolemus (11; goddess of Grain and the 'first inventor' of grain farming, riding a dragon-powered chariot)), the drinking trough (18), etc.
http://books.google.com/books?id=mgBKAAAAYAAJ&pg=PP1&lpg=PP1&dq=winbolt+georgics&source=bl&ots=aUyHlGw_R0&sig=1oYzBKC0OtzHp5MRt-X9e7wCab0&hl=en&ei=kZcsTr8errHQAZKqsOQO&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CBUQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q&f=false
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