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Andrew Stewart
Helpringham, England
Dec. '00

Vargilius Maro, Publius (BC. 70 - BC. 19)
Aeneis (Italian)' Le fatezze de Enea.
Viconza: Hermannus Liechtenstein (Levilapris)
See #336 #45 #503 #309 12 March 1476
Ref: C 6162 = 2440 Pr 7143 BMC VII 1036
Fogg V.201
Copy: HEHL, LC, PML, U Cal Bl, Prin UL

L'Eneida in prosa volgare ridotta.
a-i Klm8n6, 102 leaves, the 1st blank.
9a: 23 liens, 130x84mm. Captial spaces, 4b-text.
Type: 114R^1 (P2) large heavy text type.' Single
Qu, the Q dropping below the line end with nearly
flat tail is normal. WIde E with serifs. Right shank
of h sloped, several long single hyphens. Used in
1475, 76, 77 + finally in 1479

Come Enca ariuo ai lidi de le scrofide Book III
et tre le brutte arpie. d3 (of 8)

- First ed. of any part of the noblest Roman poet
in a modern language.
- The work is a paraphrase of Aeneid in Italian
prose each book being preceded by the Latin
metrical synopsis found in many early ed. and by
the first 4 lines of Vergil's text, with a large capital
space left beside the latter. The concluding sections
carry the story to the oundation of Rome

HEHL 98646 before - Come P corruptioe de larie. Enea si parti dunp
rub. in red + blue paese doue elli nauea edificata una citte.
after - come passati molti scogli riuarono a una
isola doue lascio Enea 10 scundo nel tempio.