Lot N. 148
Crispijn: van de Il Giovane Passe
Compendium Operum Virgilianorum
tam oculis quam auribus omnium expositum. Aere ac studio Chrispiani Passaei calcographi. Miroer des oeuures de le excellent poete Virgile, taillez en rame, Vltraiecti Batavorum: Ex Officina typographica Hermanni Borculoi et Prostant apud Ioannem Iansonium Bibliopolam Arnhemiae, 1612. The date of publication appears in the engraving on the title page. In-4° (210x170 mm). Two parts with different title pages, in one volume, 12 c,; 24 c. Signature A-C4; A-F4. Complete. Part two title: Speculum Aeneidis Virgilianae. Brief recueil des Livres de l'Eneide, Ex Officina Crispini Passaex Zei Prostantautem apud Ioannem Iansonium Bibliopolam Arnhemiae.
Portrait of Virgil on the frontispiece, coat of arms of the dedicatee Janus Gruter on the second card, 9 cartoons engraved in the first part, 15 cartoons engraved in the second. Woodcut initials and friezes.
Wetsuit binding in full parchment with defects. Some gore of humidity, slight blooms, some uniformly burnished papers, tears at the cc. C, C4 (part one), A1 (frontispiece part two, tear with restoration), A2 (tear with restoration), A3, C3, D2, , D3, stain B3 (part two).
Portrait of Virgil on the frontispiece, coat of arms of the dedicatee Janus Gruter on the second card, 9 cartoons engraved in the first part, 15 cartoons engraved in the second. Woodcut initials and friezes.
Wetsuit binding in full parchment with defects. Some gore of humidity, slight blooms, some uniformly burnished papers, tears at the cc. C, C4 (part one), A1 (frontispiece part two, tear with restoration), A2 (tear with restoration), A3, C3, D2, , D3, stain B3 (part two).
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