OPERA VERGILIANA DOCTE & FAMILIARITER EXPOSITA: docte quide[m] Bucolica & Georgica a Servio Donato Mancinello & Probo nuper addito: cum adnotationib[us]. de VIRGIL. VERGIL. PUBLIUS VERGILIUS MARO. 199 EARLY WOODCUTS.:

Lyon, printed by J. Sacon (Sachon), 1517.. Beroaldinis Aeneis vero ab ijsde[m] praeter Mancinellum & Probu[m] & ab Augustino Datho in eius principio: opusculoru[m] praeterea q[uae]da[m] ab Domitio Calderino Date and imprint from colophon of Part I, 1517. Edited by JOSSE BADIUS. Latin text, thick folio in eights, approximately 315 x 215 mm, 12½ x 8½ inches, 2 parts in 1, LACKING PORTRAIT and TITLE PAGE TO PART I, facsimile title page inserted, abbreviated manuscript title page in red and black, title to Part II is present printed red and black with 4 part architectural border. "Aeneis Vergiliana", 199 of 207 large woodcuts of various sizes, from 120 x 165 mm to 215 x 170 mm (4¾ x 6¼ to 8½ x 6¼ inches), woodcut initials, text in roman. LEAVES: [8 of 10], CCV (205), [8], CCCXXIIII (324) of CCCXXXIIII (334). SIGNATURE TT LACKING after the end of the Aeneid (see below), LEAF TT10 had the 2nd colophon: "excussit Iacobus Sacon, impensas Ciriacus Hochperg, 1517". In full modern calf, blind decoration to covers, maroon gilt lettered label, new endpapers. 2 armorial bookplates on original endpaper, that of Henry Mere Ormerod (19th cent.) on second original endpaper with a gift inscription to his son in 1868, this is followed by 2 inserted sheets, 1 with notes on the book by George Ormerod, (Author of History of Cheshire ) the other with the manuscript title and imprint, an inscription on dedication page (3), slightly ragged at lower corner plus small chip to the inner margin, 2 corrections to index of Part I, final prelim (10) has repaired margins and is reinserted on a tab, no loss of printed area, some thumbing to corners, occasional damp staining, light soiling, 2 pages have large pale ink smudges, all easily legible, 2 small ink blots on 1 page with loss of a few letters, small pink stain to 1 page with loss of a few words, a few brief early ink notes, a little pale underlining, a couple of woodcuts have a name or word written on background, small drawing in blank area of the Aeneid title page, crossed out, small hole in 1 leaf with loss of about 4 words, small closed tear to 4 margins, 1 just in text, no loss, 120 mm (4¾") closed tear to text on 1 leaf, expertly repaired, no loss, 1 leaf torn across lower corner 60 mm (2½") from tip affecting woodcut on recto with old paper repair to margin and archival tape repair on verso, no loss, 1 tiny graze to image, final page reinserted on a tab, slight loss to inner edge of ruled frame to image, page slightly creased and lightly browned, some scribble on blank verso. collation: 10 (-1 & 2), a-z, aa-bb8, cc6 (-cc6); 8, A-Z, AA-QQ8, RR-SS6, TT10 (-TT1-10), in Part I leaf 2 was the portrait, cc6 a blank. Binding tight and firm. A good sturdy copy, (lacking first title page, portrait and 10 leaves at the end as noted). The 10 final leaves are a continuation of Virgil's story in Latin verse (13th book) by Maffeo Vegio an Italian poet. His poem (1498), about Aeneas's marriage to Lavinia and his deification had 8 further woodcuts by the same artist. The illustrations were designed for the Strasburg printer Johann Gruninger for his edition of Vergil in 1502 edited by Sebastian Brant. The woodcuts depict 15th century life: rural and pastoral, magical voyages and adventures, monsters, mermaids, battles, ships, hunting, feasts, music, many have medieval town backdrops with houses and castles. They were used in a 1515 Strasburg printing of a German translation and then passed to Saccon in Lyon. Some blocks in our edition are slightly worn and a few had split and been rejoined, most are undamaged. This is the first Lyons edition of Virgil edited by Josse Badius (1462-1535) humanist scholar, his commentary first published in Paris in 1500-1501. See Harvard, French 16th Century Books, Vol. II, No. 537; Wellcome Catalogue of Printed Books Vol. 1 page 347 No.6552; Adams, Books Printed in Europe 1501-1600, Vol. II, No. V468. Adams cites a copy in the Fitzwilliam Museum Cambridge also lacking the last 10 leaves. MORE IMAGES ATTACHED TO THIS LISTING, ALL ZOOMABLE. FURTHER IMAGES ON REQUEST. POSTAGE AT COST.