Virgil. [The Aeneid]. L'Eneide di Virgilio. 1728. First edition.

Aeneid

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Virgil. [The Aeneid]. L'Eneide di Virgilio. Verona: Pierantonio Berno Stampatore, 1728. New edition of the Annibal Caro translation. [Bound with:] Annibal Caro. [The Scruff Scoundrels]. Gli Straccioni. Verona: Pierantonio Berno Stampatore, 1728. New edition. [and:] [Virgil]. [Georgics]. La Georgica di Virgilio. Vicenza: Francesco Modena, 1780. First edition of the Lorenzo Tornieri translation. Three volumes in one. Quarto (9.5 x 7 inches; 240 x 175 mm.). [4], 149, [1, blank], 40 (Rime del Commendatore Annibal Caro, reset signatures); 32; [2, blank]; 168 pages. Virgil's Georgics with an engraved title-page and two illustrated plated inserted; the Verona editions with title-page ornaments and engraved head- and tailpieces. Contemporary half-vellum over greenish-blue paper-covered boards, gilt-lettered spine labels; all edges of the text block trimmed; plain endpapers. Boards rubbed and lightly soiled; backstrip faintly darkened with a few tiny wormholes; spine labels chipped on the right edges. Very faint foxing to the page edges, ownership signature on the first title-page. Near fine. Text in Italian. (#10344).