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Lot 72
Sale 5364 - Books & Manuscripts
Nov 12, 2020
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$625
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Lot Description
[Early Printing] Virgil Vergilius cum co(m)mentariis quinq(ue) uidelicet Seruii, Landini, Ant. Mancinelli, Donati, Domitii
Venice, June 9, 1501. Folio. (vi), 360 leaves. Early quarter leather over wooden boards, early repairs, including rebacking, rear board replaced at some point, worn and soiled, clasps lacking, front board corner chipped; all edges trimmed; title-page worn and soiled, old inscription at top of same; dampstaining at fore-edge and top corner of most leaves; top corner of leaf 182 torn away with some loss to text; leaves 244-45 darkened and soiled; top corner of leaves 359-360 tattered; most leaves variously soiled. From the library of Crosby Gaige, and with his book-plate on front paste-down. OCLC 43331215.