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1768 VIRGIL Collection of ART Engravings Illustrations + Breviary Romanum Vellum
A curious collection of 18th-century engravings. This vellum-bound tome is filled with exquisite copper engravings from two various different works. The first half of the volume features engravings from a 1768 breviary, while the latter portion of the volume contains illustrated scenes from the works of Virgil – the poems, 'Eclogues,' 'Georgics,' and 'Aeneid'.
Item number: #24044
Price: $750
[engravings]
18th-century
Details:
· Collation: Complete with all pages
o Breviarium Romanum – 27 plates of engravings
o Publ. Virgil Maron Tabulae – 55 plates of engravings, plus folding title page
· Provenance: Handwritten – J. Herbert
· Language: French
· Binding: Vellum; tight and secure
· Size: ~8.75in X 7.5in (22cm x 19cm)
· FASCINATING and wonderful collection
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- Bookseller
- Schilb Antiquarian Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 24044
- Title
- [engravings]
- Format/Binding
- Vellum; tight and secure
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Date Published
- 18th-century
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- 1768 VIRGIL Collection of ART Engravings Illustrations + Breviary Romanum Vellum, rare, antique, old, first edition, 1st state, provenance, signed, inscribed, dust jacket, vellum, manuscript, engravings, illustrations, leather, plates, maps, antiquarian
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.