Sale 2457 - Early Printed Medical, Scientific & Travel Books, October 17, 2017

302 ● VERGILIUS MARO, PUBLIUS. L’ Opere . . . cioe la Bucolica, la Georgica, e l’Eneide. Latin text with Italian paraphrase and commentary by Giovanni Fabrini et al. Sessa woodcut devices on title and at end; 39 woodcut illustrations of various sizes. 443, [1] leaves; lacks leaves 132, 133, 135, and 138. Folio, 294x196 mm, early 19th-century 1 / 4 mottled sheep gilt, surface wear on covers; occasional mostly marginal dampstaining and foxing, scattered ink blots. Venice: heirs of Marchió Sessa, 1588 [150/250] 303 ● VERGILIUS MARO, PUBLIUS. The Works . . . Translated into English Verse; by Mr. [John] Dryden. Engraved frontispiece and 101 engraved plates chiefly byWenceslaus Hollar after Frantz Clein. [44], 48, [12], 49-147, [48], 201-640 pages. Folio, 423x271 mm, 19th-century panelled calf, extremities worn; frontispiece and title toned and soiled, some text leaves heavily browned, varying marginal browning or foxing on some plates, scattered marginal repairs not affecting text or images, dark stains on plates facing pages 359, 371, and 517. Bookplate of Northwestern University Library (released). London: Jacob Tonson, 1697 [800/1,200] FIRST DRYDEN EDITION , ordinary issue. Macdonald 33a;Wing V616. 304 ● VERGILIUS MARO, PUBLIUS. Bucolica, Georgica et Aeneis. Ex editione Petri Burmanni. [8], 277, [1] (of [3]); [4], 307, [5] pages, including half-titles and final blank in second volume, lacking in first. 2 volumes. Folio, 392x253 mm, original boards, rebacked with paper in the 19th century, minor soiling and stains on covers, corners bumped, hinges partly cracked; contents clean apart from toning on several leaves, isolated spotting, and foxing on endpapers; uncut. Glasgow: Andrew Foulis, 1778 [200/300] 303

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