VIRGILE - Lot 12

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VIRGILE - Lot 12
VIRGILE Les Oeuvres de Virgile translatees de latin en françoyes et nouvellement imprimees / revues et corrigees oultre les precedentes impressions [...]. On les vend a Paris en la grande salle du paslais [...] par Jehan andre [pour J. Petit], 1540. 2 parts in 1 volume in-folio (310 x 205 mm) of [2], lxxvi ff. ; cxxv ff., [1] f. (printer's mark) (with foliation errors). Red morocco, important mosaic and gilt decoration on the boards and spine, spine ribbed, double gilt fillet on the edges, gilt edges (Capé). Precious French edition of the Works of Virgil. It is attributed to Pierre Vidoue and was shared between the booksellers Maurice de la Porte, Jean Longis, Jean André, Jean Petit, Oudin Petit, Pierre Vidoue, Galliot I Du Pré, Arnoul and Charles Langelier. It is sought after because it is decorated with nearly 160 beautiful woodcuts. The Georgics in the translation of Guillaume Michel de Tours was published separately by Durand Gerlier in 1519, while the Aeneid translated into verse by Octavian de Saint-Gelais, was first published in 1509 by Antoine Vérard. In this edition, it has its own title page. A superb copy, with large margins, in a sumptuous mosaic binding by Capé. Brunet V, 1300. Moreau, Éditions parisiennes, V, 1540, n°1974. Bechtel, Gothiques, V-359.
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