Opera omnia innumeris pene locis ad veterum Petri Bembi cardinalis et Andreae Naugerii exemplarium fidem, postrema hac editione castigata. Cum XI. commentariis, Servio praesertim ac Donato, ad suarn integritatem restitutis.

Folio: [10]-588 ff. (ff. 28-29 missing; dampstaining, mostly marg., very occ. foxing, sl. staining on verso of f. 60, soiling on ff. 78, 488 and 517, single wormhole in f. 233).

18th-c. mottled calf, gilt-ruled boards orn. with sm. angular fleurons, gilt-orn. green leather spine with raised bands, red spr. edges (rebacked, rubbing, front joint part. split, flylvs renewed). Good copy.

Complete works, including the "Appendix Vergiliana" and M. Vegius' book 13 of the "Aeneid", surrounded with extensive commentary from various editors among which Pietro Bembo, Andrea Navagero, Tiberius Claudius Donatus, Josse Bade and Filippo Beroaldo. Illustrated with 111 woodcuts in-text of various sizes, copied after the famous Strasbourg edition of 1502, and already used by the Giunti in their 1519 ed. Title within architectural portico; Giunta's device on last leaf and another on verso on title before the "Aeneid".
Ref. EDIT16 27208. - Adams V-491. - STC Italy 731. - Kallendorf LW 1552.1. - Cp. Mortimer 525 (1544 ed.), Essling, vol. I, pt. I, n. 61 (1519 ed.).
Prov. Chatsworth House in the Derbyshire Dales, seat of the Dukes of Devonshire, property of the Cavendish family since 1549. Il holds major collections of paintings, Old Master drawings, books etc. (bookpl. and crowned monogram "DWS" gilt-st. on spine).