[Opera]. Et in eum Commentiationes, & paralipomena Germani Valentis Guellii, PP. Eiusdem Virgilii Appendix, cum Josephi Scaligeri commentariis & castigationibus.

2 parts in 1 vol., folio: [12]-630-[16-2 bl.], 98-[4] pp. (lacking final blank and front endpaper, some browning and spotting, minor soiling and staining; some scribbling on title, large tear repaired in f. D1, edges sl. frayed, more at quire r & 2b, last 14 ff. repaired at corner and fore edge, with some loss of text at last 2 text ff. and 1 index f.).

Contemp. limp vellum (some repairs, sl. soiled), spine with 5 raised bands titled in ink, bottom edge titled in ink, lower endpapers renewed. Good copy.

5th Plantin and first and most important edition of Virgil's works edited by Germain Vaillant de Guélis (1516-1587). The first part contains the Bucolics, the Georgics and the Aeneid, with large commentaries accompanying the text, followed by the Paralipomena, additional notes and commentaries. The second part is an appendix with smaller poems of Virgil with comments by Joseph Scaliger presented as a separate book. Germanus Valens Guellius was almoner to Catherine de' Medici (1552-1560), abbot of Paimpont in 1554, counsellor of the Parliament of Paris and canon of Notre-Dame in Paris in 1563. Woodcut mark on both titles.
Ref. Voet (Plantin Press) 2453. - Sorgeloos 448. - BT 4704. - Adams V-506. - Pettegree NB 30426. - STC Dutch (BL) 206.