(1527-28). VERGILE. OPERA VERGILIANA. - Lot 119

(1527-28). VERGILE. OPERA VERGILIANA. Lyon, Jacques Mareschal, August 19, 1527. Fort in-folio in 2 parts of [8]-161-1bl. and [6]-261 (mal chiffr. 262) leaves, half tan basane, spine ornate (modern binding). Superb and rare edition of Virgil's works printed in Lyon by Jacques Maréchal dit Roland in 1517. Edited by G. Pietro Valériano with notes by Béroalde and Bade, it features a handsome title printed in red and black in a large woodcut frame and numerous initials on a foliage background. It is also illustrated with some 200 VIGNETTES ENGRAVED ON WOOD after Sébastien Brandt. Abundant commentary surrounds the text. The collation is identical to that given by Adams, with the titles dated 1528. Half of folio 3 is missing. Numerous old handwritten annotations, scattered stains (Baudrier XI, 429/30, different coll.) (USTC 155738) (Adams V, 473).