Property From The Collection of Robert S Pirie Volumes I & II: Books and Manuscripts

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Lot 871
  • 871

(Baskerville, John) — Virgil

Estimate
2,500 - 3,500 USD
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Description

  • Publii Virgilii Maronis Bucolica, Georgica, et Aeneis. Opera. Birmingham: Typis Johannis Baskerville, 1757
  • Ink, paper and cow
Folio (11 1/2 x 8 3/4 in.; 294 x 220 mm). Contemporary Irish red morocco, broad gilt dentelle borders, centerpiece and other ornaments inlaid in dark blue and yellow leather and tooled.

Provenance

Daniel Rogers (bookplate) — H.P. Cholmeley (bookplate). acquisition: Maggs, 2005

Literature

Gaskell 1 ("first and perhaps his finest book") 

Catalogue Note

First book ever printed by John Baskerville. 

In a fine and rare Irish binding. According to Mr. Philip Maddock, the inner dentelle makes this binding almost surely an Irish binding.