VIRGIL (PUBLIUS VIRGILIUS MARO). 70-19 BCE.
Opera. Paris: Typographia Regia (Imprimerie Royale), 1641.
Opera. Paris: Typographia Regia (Imprimerie Royale), 1641.
Folio (374 x 260 mm). Half-title, engraved title page by Mellan after Poussin. 18th century mottled calf, spine with 6 raised bands, modern cloth chemise and quarter morocco slipcase. Joints cracking, rubbed and bumped, margins trimmed with slight loss of lower border of title page, lacking final leaf with printer's device and two blanks at back.
The Imprimerie Royale was founded by Louis XIII in 1640, issuing as their first imprint De imitatione Christi that year. This 1641 Virgil is believed to be their second publication. The engraved title page features Apollo placing a crown of laurel on the head of Virgil.
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Opera. Paris: Typographia Regia (Imprimerie Royale), 1641.
Opera. Paris: Typographia Regia (Imprimerie Royale), 1641.
Folio (374 x 260 mm). Half-title, engraved title page by Mellan after Poussin. 18th century mottled calf, spine with 6 raised bands, modern cloth chemise and quarter morocco slipcase. Joints cracking, rubbed and bumped, margins trimmed with slight loss of lower border of title page, lacking final leaf with printer's device and two blanks at back.
The Imprimerie Royale was founded by Louis XIII in 1640, issuing as their first imprint De imitatione Christi that year. This 1641 Virgil is believed to be their second publication. The engraved title page features Apollo placing a crown of laurel on the head of Virgil.
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