Lot n° 161
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VIRGILE. - Lot 161
VIRGILE.
The Aeneid, faithfully translated into verse.
A Paris, chez Estienne Loyson, 1658, 2 parts in one volume in-4 bound in full pastiche calf, ornate ribbed spine, title page.
Illustrated with 2 title-frontispices, a folding map and 11 beautiful mid-page figures by Abraham Bosse, the 12th of which was not printed.
A celebrated edition, the first volume of which is printed in the new civil typeface by typographer Pierre Moreau, while the second is printed in Roman type. For the first time, it includes Perrin's translation of the Latin text.
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