Description: Volume two of the Works of Virgil containing primarily the Aeneid in Latin and French. Several nice surprises inside with two nice woodcuts, one at the very front “Eneide L.1 er” and the other after page 105, “Eneide L. 2.”, nice decorative flourishes at the end of chapters including a very nicely hand-colored example. Spine is falling apart and the binding has much scuffing. Inside, very nice with no lost pages that we know of but some loose ones. Writing inside the front with what appears to be a name at the inside corner the first spare and some doodling on the next. Foxing and tidemarks throughout.Acceptable Condition: 12mo: full leather with cracked spine: flaking leather with pieces missing on spine: front board off: scuffed and rubbed: lovely pastel traditional endpapers on the verso of both boards: nice watermark on second spare: ink on both spares: very occasional foxing and discoloration due to age: Engravings: decorative flourishes and capitals with one set of chapter ends hand-colored: Latin and French: red edges: “Les Oeuvres de Virgil Traduites en Francois avec le Texte a Cote et des Notes: tome second: P. Virgilii Maronis Aeneidos: Paris: Chez la Veuve Brocas, au Chez Saint Jean, rue Saint Jacques: 1736. FORN-Shelf-568-RAREF1736ABFA
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Binding: Leather
Place of Publication: Paris
Language: Latin
Special Attributes: Ex-Library
Author: Virgil
Publisher: Veuve Brocas
Country/Region of Manufacture: France
Topic: Classics
Subject: Philosophy
Year Printed: 1736
