CARO. Dell’Eneide di Virgilio. 1622 CARO, Hannibal.... Lot 77

CARO. Dell’Eneide di Virgilio. 1622 CARO, Hannibal. Of Virgil's Aeneid. Rome, Gio. Angelo Ruffinelli, 16011 [Colophon: In Roma, ad instanza di Gio. Angelo Ruffinelli. Et Angelo Manni: appresso Guglielmo Facciotto, 1622] 16mo; 105x50 mm. Full vellum binding. Title in gold on gusset at spine. Intaglio frontispiece in frame with typographical mark. Pp. [12], 476, [4]. 12 copper-engraved illustrations on p.p. at beginning of each chapter. Good copy. Very rare Roman illustrated edition printed by Ruffinelli with the error of the year of printing on the title page. Of particular interest are the illustrations in Book II (with the escape from Troy), VI (with the entrance to Hades), VIII (with Venus in Vulcan's forge), X (with the duel between Aeneas and Mesenzio), and IV with the panel devoted to the story of Aeneas and Dido vertically distinguished between erotic register (the refuge in the cave) and tragic register (the suicide).Hannibal Caro (1506-1577), poet and translator, owes his fame to his translation into loose endecasyllables of Virgil's Aeneid. 16mo; 105x50 mm. Full vellum binding. Gilt title on label on spine. Engraved titlepage within frame and printer's device. Pp. [12], 476, [4]. 12 engraved plates on full page at the beginning of each chapter. Good copy. A very rare Roman illustrated edition printed by Ruffinelli with the printing year error on the title page. Of particular interest are the illustrations in Book II (with the flight from Troy), Book VI (with the entrance to Hades), Book VIII (with Venus in Vulcan's forge), Book X (with the duel between Aeneas and Mesenzio), and Book IV with the plate dedicated to the story of Aeneas and Dido vertically divided between the erotic register (the refuge in the cave) and the tragic register (the suicide).Annibale Caro (1506-1577), poet and translator, owes his fame to his translation into "loose verse" of Virgil's Aeneid.