(1532-1529). VIRGILE. OPERA MAURI SERVII HONORATI GRAMMATICI - Lot 148

(1532-1529). VIRGILE. OPERA MAURI SERVII HONORATI GRAMMATICI (1532) - CASTIGATIONES ET VARIETATES LECTIONIS PER J. PIERIUM VALERIANUM. (1529). Paris, Robert Estienne, 1532-1529. 2 parts of [12]-709(misc. 707]-1bl.-[62]-177(misc. 205)-[25] pages, bound in 1 large folio volume, shagreened basane, gilt lace on boards, ornate ribbed spine (Directoire binding). An important commented edition of Virgil's works, the only one by Robert Estienne. It offers the first critique of Servius' commentary, and is also the first to use the new Roman typeface that was to mark the aesthetics of 16th-century books in all three sections. Superb, large initials with cribbed background, attributed to Geoffroy Tory. The title of the second part (facsimile) has been bound at the head. Handwritten bookplate "Bertin claromontanus 1590". From the F. Renard library with bookplate (cat. 1927, no. 59) (Schreiber, 45) (USTC 203367).