Virgilius Maro (Publius) Opera Vergiliana, with a fore-edge painting attributed to John T. Beer, Lyon, Jacques Mareschal, [1527]-1528.

Virgilius Maro (Publius) Opera Vergiliana, edited by Badius Ascensius, 2 parts in 1 vol., collation: ɫ8 a-t8 v10 ; ɫɫ6 A-Z. AA-II8 KK6, Roman type, titles in red and black and with wide woodcut decorative borders, woodcut vignettes after Sebastian Brandt, and historiated initials, lacking colophon f., first title with marginal ink names and scribbles and marginal repairs verso, following f. with repair to inner margin, with loss of text, a few short tears, some staining (a few ff. at end heavily so) and spotting, 19th century blind-stamped calf, rebacked, preserving original backstrip in compartments, corners worn, rubbed and scuffed, with a fore-edge painting of a pastoral scene (an old pencil note attributing it to John T. Beer), folio (335 x 235mm.), Lyon, Jacques Mareschal, [1527]-1528.

⁂ A rare edition at auction, with the additional of a handsome fore-edge painting complimenting The Georgics.

Provenance: Alfred Sutro (bookplate).

Literature: Adams V473; Mortimer, French, 537.