P. VIRGILII MARONIS GEORGICA P. RAMI PROFESSORIS REGII PRAELECTIONIBUS ILLUSTRATA AD CAROLUM LOTHARINGUM CARDINALEM [BOUND WITH] P. VIRGILII MARONIS BUCOLICA, P. RAMI, PROFESSORIS REGII PRAELECTIONIBUS EXPOSITA: QUIBUS POETAE VITA PRAEPOSITA EST. [EDITIO TERTIA]

Publius Vergilius Maro; Petrus Ramus | [Carolum Lotharingum Cardinalem]

Paris: Apud Andream Wechelum, 1564, 1572.

Full Leather. Two 16th century edictions of classical texts, Virgil’s Georgics and Bucolics, printed by Andreas Wechelus who was active in Paris as a printer and bookseller from 1554 to 1573, and then in Frankfurt. In an early, if not contemporary, calf binding with boards double-ruled in blind to the perimeters with embossed with a decorative device in the centers. The title pages with Wechsel’s printed device featuring Pegasus. There is a significantly later title label at the spine, and the holes from clasps. Pastedowns are of printed waste paper. Lacking endsheets. The Georgics dedicated to Charles, Cardinal of Guise and Lotharingen.

Very Good binding.
Item #283233

Price: $1,500.00