VERGILIUS WORKS AND THE AENEID PRINTED IN LYON IN 1517 WITH 205 FINE WOODCUTS AFTER JOHANN GRÜNINGER (1455-1553).

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VERGILIUS WORKS AND THE AENEID PRINTED IN LYON IN 1517 WITH 205 FINE WOODCUTS AFTER JOHANN GRÜNINGER (1455-1553).
3607667. VERGILIUS WORKS AND THE AENEID PRINTED IN LYON IN 1517 WITH 205 FINE WOODCUTS AFTER JOHANN GRÜNINGER (1455-1553).

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Vergilius (Vergilius Maro Publius), Roman writer (70 b. Kr. - 19 f. Kr.) Opera Vergiliana docte & familiarites exposit + Aeneis Vergiliana (Aeneiden). 2 parts in 1 vol. Y
Published by Sebastian Brand Brant with his foreword. Jaques Saçon for Ciriacus Hochperg, Lyon, 1517. Folio in a later half-Moroccan binding with gilt back text and wooden binders. Red cuts. Illustrated with 62 + 143 woodcuts from Johann Grüninger's edition in Strasbourg in 1502. 10 leaf, 205 numbered leaf, (I) blank sheet + 8 leaf, 324 numbered leaf, 10 leaf.
Johann
Woodcut from Brant's Aeneid printed by Grüninger in September 1502
Grüninger's 1502 publication of the Aeneid was edited by Sebastian Brant, who also wrote the well known Ship of Fools in 1494. The woodcuts in the Aeneid are notable in that they depict characters and architecture in contemporary clothing and style. Source Wikipedia.

Condition

The band is in good condition. Nine (9 leaves missing. ¨bl. a.the title leaf loch dewt first full-page woodcut in the introduction to the first part. These sheets are available here in copy in a slightly smaller format. Most of the leaves that are missing come from the table of contents. Submission with some minor repairs and some more temporary spots. Older probably contemporary underlines and notations. Wormholes in the submission, but not hard. Two pages with ink strokes.

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3607667. VERGILIUS WORKS AND THE AENEID PRINTED IN LYON IN 1517 WITH 205 FINE WOODCUTS AFTER JOHANN GRÜNINGER (1455-1553).

Description

Vergilius (Vergilius Maro Publius), Roman writer (70 b. Kr. - 19 f. Kr.) Opera Vergiliana docte & familiarites exposit + Aeneis Vergiliana (Aeneiden). 2 parts in 1 vol. Y
Published by Sebastian Brand Brant with his foreword. Jaques Saçon for Ciriacus Hochperg, Lyon, 1517. Folio in a later half-Moroccan binding with gilt back text and wooden binders. Red cuts. Illustrated with 62 + 143 woodcuts from Johann Grüninger's edition in Strasbourg in 1502. 10 leaf, 205 numbered leaf, (I) blank sheet + 8 leaf, 324 numbered leaf, 10 leaf.
Johann
Woodcut from Brant's Aeneid printed by Grüninger in September 1502
Grüninger's 1502 publication of the Aeneid was edited by Sebastian Brant, who also wrote the well known Ship of Fools in 1494. The woodcuts in the Aeneid are notable in that they depict characters and architecture in contemporary clothing and style. Source Wikipedia.

Condition

The band is in good condition. Nine (9 leaves missing. ¨bl. a.the title leaf loch dewt first full-page woodcut in the introduction to the first part. These sheets are available here in copy in a slightly smaller format. Most of the leaves that are missing come from the table of contents. Submission with some minor repairs and some more temporary spots. Older probably contemporary underlines and notations. Wormholes in the submission, but not hard. Two pages with ink strokes.

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Book Auction August

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