ORSINI, Fulvio (1529-1600): - Lot 151

ORSINI, Fulvio (1529-1600): Virgilius Collatione Scriptorum Græcorum Illustratus, opera et industria Fulvii Ursini Antwerp, Christophe Plantin, 1568. In-8, (8 ff), 473 pp, (2 ff). Reverse suede, triple cold-stamped fillet on boards. (Minor blemishes to upper cover and corners. Some light spotting in the margins). Same collation as the November 1567 edition (Ruelens and de Backer, n°5, page 67). Only the date changes. This work by Fulvio Orsini, librarian of the Farnese Library, was presented to Plantin by Cardinal de Granvelle. Highly esteemed for Virgilian studies, it was republished in 1747 (Ruelens and de Backer, for this edition, no. 11, page 80). Provenance: Mordinan humanist library.