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

Accession number: 
PML 15440.1
Author: 
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: 
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1907.
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). Gilt edges.
Variant Title: 

Bucolicorum liber unus

Provenance: 
Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913), purchased from E. Rahir, 1907.
Classification: 
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