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Friday 15 December 2023, 11:00 AM • Rome

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Publio Virgilio Marone

P. Vergilii Maronis Bucolicorum, Georgicorum, et Aeneidos, 1534

Estimate

€ 1.200 - 1.400

Sold

€ 2.193

The price includes buyer's premium

Information

Basel, apud Ioan. Valderum, 1534. In 4th. engraving depicting a bird on the frontispiece with a twig in its mouth, inhabited drop caps. marginal foxing, splendid contemporary sow leather binding with dry impressions, the date 1540 can be read on the upper plate, a metal clasp preserved, worn. Various ownership notes on the pastedown, on the flyleaf and on the title page, from different periods.

Specialist Notes

Valuable edition in period binding, with commentary by Servio and editing by Giovan Battista Egnazio.