Lot 231
  • 231

Virgile

Estimate
700 - 900 EUR
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Description

  • Virgile
  • L'Eneide. Paris, Veuve Quillau, 1760.
  • paper
2 volumes grand in-8 (224 x 140 mm). Maroquin rouge, triple filet en encadrement, caissons d'entre-nerfs sobrement encadrés de filets, roulette intérieure, doublure et gardes de moire bleue (Reliure de l'époque).
Quelques trous de vers dans les charnières du premier volume, en tête et en queue du second, traces blanches de cire, nom barré sur l'ex-libris.

Exemplaire réglé, sur grand papier.
Belle édition illustrée de 2 portraits, de Virgile par Ficquet et de Caro par Defehrt, 2 titres, 12 figures, 12 vignettes et 6 culs-de-lampe par Zocchi, sauf un par Prévost, gravés par Chenu, Deferht, Lempereur... (Cohen 1021).



De la bibliothèque du peintre William Vincens Bouguereau (ex-libris armorié, son nom biffé). Voir aussi le lot 198.

Condition

Quelques trous de vers dans les charnières du premier volume, en tête et en queue du second, traces blanches de cire, nom barré sur l'ex-libris.
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