Lot 113 , VERGILIUS MARO, Publius (70-19 BC), Opera, Lyon, Crespin, 1529, an incomplete copy,

VERGILIUS MARO, Publius (70-19 BC), Opera, Lyon, Crespin, 1529, an incomplete copy, starting at p. XIV, first 9 and last 19 leaves torn and damaged to varying degrees, two parts in one vol, numerous illustrated capitals, approx 180 woodcuts in text in good order with some repetitions (the woodcuts are the same blocks used in Jacques Sacon's 1517 Lyon edition and were designed for Johann Grüninger's 1502 Strassburg edition), remains of leather spine, in loose vellum wrapper, Ex-Libris Ratcliffe College, together with an incunabula fragment from Horatius Flaccus Quintus, Opera, n.d. containing woodcuts after the Terence Master, both items contained in a larger associated stamped vellum binding with brass clasps and Ratcliffe College bookplate
Estimate £500-800


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Sold for £1,600