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VERGILIUS MARO, Publius

Opera accuratissime castigata, et in pristinam formam restituta, cum acerrimi iudicii virorum commentariis, Seruii, Donati, Ma(n)cinelli, Probi, Domitii Calderini, atque Asce(n)sii. Quibus acutissim(a)e adnotationes sunt addit(a)e Christophori Lanini, Aug
Venice
Lucantonio Giunta the Elder
January (- September) 1533
€1.800 - €3.000

Folio: 3 parts, [8]-136, [6]-286-[1, 1 bl.], 43 ff. illustrated with 115 superb large woodcuts (copied after the famous 1502 Basel ed. of Hans GrĂ¼ninger). Woodcut mark on title. Text of Vergil in larger type, surrounded by comments in 2 cols in a smaller type. (missing final ff4 with colophon and mark; blank NN8 present; minor marginal soiling, tear in n8 repaired with sellotape, tear in top margin EE1). 17th-c. sheep, gilt spine with 4 raised bands (rubbed, corners def.). Very good copy

Monumental illustrated Venetian folio Vergil. Essling praises Lucantonio's illustrations. Ref. Edit16 29507. - Renouard (Badius) III:379-380:18. - Sander 7668 - Essling 67 - Not in Adams. Prov. Mechelen gilt arms on covers