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VERGILIUS MARO, PUBLIUS. Georgica (cum commento familiari). Printer's woodcut device on title. [100] leaves. Gothic type. 4to, 238x167 mm, 17th-century vellum boards, recased, with top and bottom spine compartments restored, endpapers renewed; varying toning and foxing, scattered early marginalia and underscoring, repaired clean tear in a3, small wormholes through last several leaves not impairing legibility. Early ownership inscription ('ex libris Laurentii Fabri') on title. (Lyon: Antoine Lambillon, 14 December 1493)
Scarce edition of the Georgics, unknown to Hain, Copinger, Reichling, or Mambelli. Lambillon was active from 1491 to 1494, either independently or in partnership with Marin Sarrazin. His output was relatively small, with 12 extant editions bearing his name and 6 more tentatively ascribed to him on typographical grounds; most of these survive in few copies. Davis & Goldfinch 160; ISTC iv00225500 (recording 5 copies in France, none elsewhere).
