Yale Center for British Art

Creator:

Virgil

Title:

Antiqvissimi Virgiliani codicis fragmenta et picturae ex Bibliotheca Vaticana / ad priscas imaginum formas a Petro Sancte Bartholincisae.

Alternate Title(s):

Vergilius Romanus

Published / Created:

Romae : Ex chalcographia R.C.A., apud Pedem Marmoreum, 1741.

Physical Description:

[2], xxij, 225, [1] p. : ill. ; 44 cm.

Holdings:

Rare Books and Manuscripts
Folio A 2009 49
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

Copyright Status:

Classification:

Books

Notes:

Edited by Giovanni Gaetano Bottari.

Engraved title page within an architectural border.

Brunet, J.-C. Manuel du libraire et de l'amateur de livres (5e éd.), V, 1291

Catalogo ragionato dei libri d'arte e d'antichità posseduti dal conte Cicognara 1119

BAC: British Art Center copy bound in later gilt-tooled calf. Bookplate: David Aines, Somerset House, Kingsdown, Bristol.

Type-facsimile of the text, and engravings of the illustrations, from the Vergilius Vaticanus (Vat. lat. 3225); 6 additional illustrations from the Codex Romanus (Vat. lat. 3867). The illustrations were first published separately in 1677.

Subject Terms:

Virgil -- Illustrations -- Early works to 1800. | Manuscripts, Latin -- Facsimiles -- Early works to 1800. | Illumination of books and manuscripts -- Facsimiles -- Early works to 1800. | Aines, David -- Bookplate.

Form/Genre:

Type facsimiles. | Engravings -- 1741

Contributors:

Virgil. Aeneis. Selections. 1741. | Bottari, Giovanni Gaetano, 1689–1775. | Bartoli, Pietro Santi, 1635–1700, engraver.