Lot 237
SALEROOM NOTICE: LACKS FOLIO 195 & 198 OF PART 1 Vergilius Maro, Publius
Opera
Rare Books, Manuscripts, Maps & Photographs
Auction: 2 February 2022 at 10:00 GMT
Description
Lyons: Jacobo Sachon, 1517. 2 parts in one volume, folio, collates: [10 leaves], 324 leaves, [10 leaves], titles printed in red and black within woodcut border, title page with later notes and imprint added in ink, repairs to 2 margins and tear into woodcut border, title page also slightly stained and soiled, full-page woodcut on *2 (with small hole), woodcuts in text, woodcut initials, woodcut on verso of *10 partially coloured and partially obscured by crude repair to inner and lower margin, 18th century panelled calf, a1 lower margin repaired, a few woodcuts partially coloured, small stain to upper margin through most of volume, some lines scored through in pencil, a little early ink scoring and underlining, with blank leaf CCVI, a couple of small marginal repairs, occasional slight stain, old owner's name deleted from final 2 leaves, worn, hinges split