Virgile - L'opere di Vergilio, cioè la Bucolica, Georgica & Eneida - 1613

Virgil. The works of Vergil, namely the Bucolics, Georgics, and Aeneid, newly translated into free verse by various most excellent authors. Venice, 1613, (8) ff. 375 pages. [One page in two is paginated]

A volume in-12 (150x105 mm), full vellum, spine decorated with a feather design, leather title piece, red edges (period binding). Good condition of the binding. Ink stain on the title page, the first eight pages, and page 369 have been replaced by a handwritten copy, period handwriting on page 95, missing page 96 which is just a blank page between two chapters. Interior fresh, rare foxing.

Collection of the works of Virgil containing the Bucolics, Georgics, and Aeneid.

A very charming edition adorned with 22 engraved woodblocks (the first three engravings are missing, as they were replaced by handwritten pages).