Opera

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Sale 363: Rare Books, including the Botanical Library of J. Roy Barrette of Brooklin, Maine (#363) 09/13/2007 1:00 PM PDT Closed
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Lot #20Opera

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Sale 363: Rare Books, including the Botanical Library of J. Roy Barrette of Brooklin, Maine (#363) 09/13/2007 1:00 PM PDT Closed
Starts Ending 09/13/2007 1:00 PM PDT

Description

Heading:

(Bodoni Press)

Title:

Opera

Author:

Vergilius Maro, Publius

Place Published:

Parma

Publisher:

Typis Bodonianis

Date Published:

1793

Description:

2 volumes. [2], viii, [2], 340; [2], 296, [2], [blank leaf], xli pp. (folio) 18¼x11¾, original marbled boards. Limited to 175 copies.

Rare set of the esteemed Bodoni printing of the works of the greatest of all Latin poets, one of the masterworks of classical printing and one of the most sought-after productions of the press, untrimmed and in the original boards.

Condition:

Boards scuffed, worn at extremities, Vol. II lacking spine strip, Vol. I spine strip with a panel detached; front free endpaper of Vol. I detached, both with occasional faint finger soiling within, otherwise very good, contents overall clean and fine.

Item#:

184362

Headline:

Bodoni Press edition of Virgil's Works 1793
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