VIRGILIUS MARO, Publius (70-19 B.C.). Opera. Paris: Typographia Regia, 1641. 2º (380 x 265mm). Engraved title, 17 en-tetes, 17 initials and many culs-de-lampe, the last one very large. (Occasional light browning, margins of title a little soiled.) Contemporary French red morocco, sides centered with the arms of Louis XIV [cf. Olivier 2494, fer 7], spine in compartments with a fleur-de-lys, gilt turn-ins, gilt edges. Provenance: unidentified 18th-century French armorial bookplate  – unidentified 20th-century bookplate.
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VIRGILIUS MARO, Publius (70-19 B.C.). Opera. Paris: Typographia Regia, 1641. 2º (380 x 265mm). Engraved title, 17 en-tetes, 17 initials and many culs-de-lampe, the last one very large. (Occasional light browning, margins of title a little soiled.) Contemporary French red morocco, sides centered with the arms of Louis XIV [cf. Olivier 2494, fer 7], spine in compartments with a fleur-de-lys, gilt turn-ins, gilt edges. Provenance: unidentified 18th-century French armorial bookplate – unidentified 20th-century bookplate.

Closed17 June 2014

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VIRGILIUS MARO, Publius (70-19 B.C.). Opera. Paris: Typographia Regia, 1641. 2º (380 x 265mm). Engraved title, 17 en-tetes, 17 initials and many culs-de-lampe, the last one very large. (Occasional light browning, margins of title a little soiled.) Contemporary French red morocco, sides centered with the arms of Louis XIV [cf. Olivier 2494, fer 7], spine in compartments with a fleur-de-lys, gilt turn-ins, gilt edges. Provenance: unidentified 18th-century French armorial bookplate – unidentified 20th-century bookplate.

IN RED MOROCCO WITH THE ARMS OF LOUIS XIV.