P. Virgilii Maronis Opera interpretatione et notis illustravit Carolus Ruaeus Soc. Iesu… ad usum Serenissimi Delphini. Editio Secunda

by Virgil, Publius Vergilius Maro, B C.

$2,900 · Offered by Liber Antiquus

SECOND EDITION of the Delphin Vergil; this issue was printed “Ex Typographia David Roger 1689.” A very fine copy, bound in contemporary mottled calfskin, the spine elaborately and richly tooled in gold. The spine is separated into compartments by raised sewing supports. The second compartment bears a large red morocco label beautifully tooled in Roman capitals: “RUAEI VIRGILIUS”. The boards are framed by two decorative rules.

• Binding: Leather

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