Apr 24, 2006 - Sale 2076

Sale 2076 - Lot 283

Price Realized: $ 172
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 150 - $ 250
VERGIL, POLYDORE. De inventoribus rerum libri VIII. Et de prodigiis libri III. [44], 511, [1]; [2], 100, [94] pages, including engraved additional title and final blank. 12mo, modern brown calf with morocco lettering piece. Amsterdam: Daniel Elzevier, 1671

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First published in 1499, " . . . the first attempt to write the history of the invention of the arts and sciences and to trace the growth of religious ceremonies"--Ferguson, Bibliographical Notes I/2, 32. Willems 1464.