Virgil. Opera Vergiliana docte & familiariter... Lot 595

Virgil. Opera Vergiliana docte & familiariter exposita. Lyon, Sacon and Hochperg, 1517. In 2nd (305 x 205 mm); 2 parts in 1 volume; [8], CCV; [8], CCCXXIIII, [10] papers. Frontispiece within architectural border, numerous woodcut figures, also full-page, in text (missing last blank paper of first part, frontispiece and second paper of first part in facsimile, frontispiece and preliminary papers of second part bound at beginning of volume, defects and restorations with some loss of text). Coeval sow's leather binding on wooden board with blindstamped plates and casters, traces of two clasps, green boards). Walter Ashburner stamp. Fine provenance specimen of this first edition edited by Josse Bade printed in Lyon. The beautiful woodcuts were first used in Grüninger's Strasbourg edition of 1502, edited by Sebastian Brant. SALEROOM NOTICE: The leaf A A 3 and 4 in facsimile.