VERGIL, BUCOLICA, GEORGICA, ET AENEIS, PARIS, DIDOT, 1798, MOROCCO GILT BINDING

folio (480 x 330mm.), limited edition of 250 copies (this copy without a limitation statement), engraved frontispiece, 22 engraved plates by Gérard and Girodet, dark brown morocco elaborately gilt binding by John Wickwar of London, spine gilt in compartments, black morocco gilt dentelles with red watered silk gilt-edged boardliners and flyleaves, gilt edges, lacking half-title, occasional light foxing, extremities slightly rubbed together with a copy of the Ledeboer library catalogue (Rotterdam, 1878), later cloth-backed boards, and a leaflet about this book produced by a previous owner

Joseph Walter King Eyton, coloured armorial bookplate (various sales, but not found in his 1848 Sotheby's sale catalogue of private press publications, large paper copies and works printed upon vellum); Lambertus Vincentius Ledeboer (1795-1891), of Rotterdam, bookplate with shelfmark, catalogue of his collection (Rotterdam, 1878), p. 309 (on p. 308 is a copy of Horace, Didot, 1799, also bound by Wickwar and owned by Joseph Eyton), and sale, Leiden, Brill, 4 November 1891, lot 427, bought by Brill for 39 fl.

Cohen-De Ricci 1019

Condition is described in the main body of the cataloguing, where appropriate
"In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective, qualified opinion. Prospective buyers should also refer to any Important Notices regarding this sale, which are printed in the Sale Catalogue.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF BUSINESS PRINTED IN THE SALE CATALOGUE."

"Edition splendide et de grand luxe" (Cohen-De Ricci). John Wickwar, who worked in Poland Street, Soho, died in the cholera epidemic of 1854; the British Library has a cathedral-style binding by him.