Vergilius Maro, Publius

8vo (161 x 90mm.), woodcut Aldine device (UCLA A6) on title-page and final verso (otherwise blank), with 2 blank leaves E6-7, later calf in eighteenth-century style, remains of old gauffered and gilt edges, some annotations (including a washed ink drawing of a church at end), a few leaves in quire t with whitewash over annotations

Paolo Bertarelli (priest, of Menaggio), seventeenth-century inscription at end; Giacomo Antonio Grosso, a relative of Bertarelli, inscription at end; Paolo Antonio Grosso, inscription dated 1718 on recto of last leaf

Aldo Manuzio tipografo 129b; Censimento 16 CNCE 62186 (but with a different setting of the colophon); Renouard 68/8; Texas 115 (dated [1520?]); UCLA 173 ("Variants from 1514 ed. in register and colophon and without the four pages of errata at end")

Condition is described in the main body of the cataloguing, where appropriate
"In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective, qualified opinion. Prospective buyers should also refer to any Important Notices regarding this sale, which are printed in the Sale Catalogue.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF BUSINESS PRINTED IN THE SALE CATALOGUE."

This edition was printed after 1517, as the woodcut device was not in use until that date (the true 1514 edition has an earlier and different device). The colophon has a different setting (omitting quire t, which is nevertheless present), and leaves E6-7, which contained the errata in the 1514 edition, are here blank. The 1514 edition cannot have been prepared with care, as the errata list ran to four pages; this later edition without such errata was therefore much improved.