VIRGILE - Lot 2

VIRGILE Publii Virgilii maronis opera Strasbourg, Johannes Grünninger & Sebastian Brandt, September 5, 1502 ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT ILLUSTRATED WORKS OF THE EARLY 16th CENTURY WITH A REMARKABLE ICONOGRAPHIC CYCLE IN THE HISTORY OF ILLUSTRATED VIRGILI. AN INDISPUTABLE MODEL FOR SCULPTURE AND MAJOLICA FIRST ILLUSTRATED LATIN EDITION In-folio (288 x 205 mm). Title printed in black & red, engraved initials, round characters COLLATION: A6 B-G8 H9 I-T8 V10 X-Z8 2A-H8 2I6 2K-V8 2X6 2Y-Z8 a-f8 2a-c8 2d10 CONTENTS: A1r, title; A1v, Sebastian Brant ad Lectore operis; A2v Proemium Cristoferi; B1r, Les Bucoliques; F2r, the 4 books of the Georgics; R1v the 11 books of the Aeneid; f8v, Thirteenth book of the Aeneid; 2br, Opuscula by Virgil; d9v, Tables and colophon ILLUSTRATION: 1 woodcut title, 211 woodcuts including 7 in contemporary German colors ANNOTATION: early 18th-century handwritten bibliographical note in Dutch on verso of second flyleaf, and in the same hand the inventory number "n° 23" on the first flyleaf. Label with handwritten inventory number "384" from the first half of the 19th century glued to a leaf attached partly to the inner margin of the title leaf. 17th CENTURY BINDING. Tinted vellum, gilt decoration, central iron, triple framing of fillets, fleurons at corners, ornate ribbed spine, ties, red edges. Modern brown chagrin slipcase. PROVENANCE : Paris, June 17, 2010, no. 203 Without leaves H7 and T5, T6 of the double plate, title remargé, 2C2 marginal wetness, 2F4 and 2a with tear at bottom of page, last quires slightly browned. BIBLIOGRAPHY : Brunet, V, col. 1277 -- OCLC n° 644084108 WEBOGRAPHY: https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k718198/f298.item -- The Rijksuniversiteit in Groningen has a complete collation of the work: https://rug.on.worldcat.org/search/detail/65808954?submitButton=&queryString=Publii%201502&databaseList=638