P. Vergilii Maronis Bucolicorum, Georgicorum et Aeneidos: cum accurata simul & fideli Seruij Mauri Honorati expositione, Pars prima

by Publius Virgil. Virgilius Maro, B C.

$8,500 · Offered by Liber Antiquus

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Bound in contemporary alum-tawed pigskin over beveled wooden boards, binding rubbed and soiled, one clasp broken. The binding is signed a dated “C.B. 1540”. The boards are ornately tooled in blind with decorative rolls: sheaves of wheat, ornate urns, and female personifications of the virtues Justice, Prudence, Chastity and Honor represented by Lucretia . This volume, announced as “Pars prima” on the title, contains the full

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