27. virgile de la traduction de Mr. Martignac, avec des remarques (...) VI derniers livre de l'Eneide.
Paris 1681, Guillaume de Luyne, 2 k. +476s.
Gilded and beautifully illustrated collected works of Virgil. Volume three of the complete series of the complete works of Vir gil(70 B.C. - 19 B.C.) containing the second and final part of the famous Aeneid(Latin: Aeneis). This was a Roman epic poem, written in hexameter by Publius Vergilius Maro, or Virgil, describing the story of the Trojan Aeneas, the legendary protoplast of the Romans. The text parallels in Latin and French. The old-print includes 6 full-page signed engravings that are illustrations to the text, at the beginning of each book.
Period binding, full leather in medium condition with some rubbing and minor losses, especially at the corners; spine embossed and gilt with title and geometric and floral designs; interior in db condition if not for thetearing of the lower parts of the last 5 pages, including three of the text and two of the index of proper names; engravings in bdb condition; overall medium condition.
