1798 Antique Virgil Carmina Minora Heyne Latin Leather Bound Illustrated Book
$105.19
1798 Antique Virgil Carmina Minora Heyne Latin Leather Bound Illustrated Book
A genuine 18th-century edition of Virgil, published in Leipzig (Lipsiae) in 1798.
P. Virgilius Maro – Volume V: Carmina Minora, edited and extensively annotated by the celebrated German classical scholar Christian Gottlob Heyne. This is the third edition, revised and enlarged (Editio Tertia, Novis Curis Emendata et Aucta).
Printed in Latin and featuring attractive engraved illustrations/vignettes, including the full-page engraving shown. The colophon clearly gives the date in Roman numerals MDCCXCVIII (1798).
Period brown leather binding with gilt ruled borders to the boards and raised bands to the spine.
Condition: A particularly interesting book but the binding is quite worn. There is considerable wear and loss to the leather of the spine, with rubbing, cracking and deterioration around the joints and edges. The internal pages have survived much better, with expected age-related toning. Please examine the photographs carefully for condition.
Despite the worn binding, this is an appealing over 225-year-old classical volume, with attractive engravings and considerable decorative and historical interest.
Ideal for a collector of antiquarian books, Virgil, Latin literature, classical studies or 18th-century printing.
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