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P. Virgilii Maronis bucolicorum liber vnvs, in decem aeglogas diuisus.

Accession number
PML 15440.1
Creator
Virgil.
Published
Parisiis : Ex officina Michaëlis Vascosani, in uia quae est ad diuum Iacobum, sub Fontis insigni, M. D. X L I I I [1543].
Credit line
Pierpont Morgan,
Description
32, 79 [1], 351 [1] pages ; 23.5 cm (4to)
Notes
Each text has its own title page.
Signatures: A-B⁸; ²A-E⁸; ³A-C⁸ D⁴, E⁸ F⁴, G⁸ H⁴, I-K⁸, L-M⁸, N-P⁸ Q⁴, R⁸ S⁶, T-V⁸, X-Y⁸, Z⁸ AA⁴ BB⁶
Binding
16th-century French gilt-tooled, strapwork and mosaic calf (brown calf inlaid with red, blue, and black), attributed to the Mansfeld binder (a binder who worked for Peter Ernst Count von Mansfeld (1517-1604), during his captivity at Vincennes, 1552-57). G
Variant title
Bucolicorum liber unus
Provenance
Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913), purchased from E. Rahir, 1907.
Classification
Century
Department