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Bucolica et Georgica et Aeneis ex Cod. Mediceo-Laurentiano descripta

Engraved by: Pietro Santi Bartoli (Italian, 1635–1700)
Etched by: Francesco Barbazza (Italian, active 1771–1789)
Engraved by: Johann Beheim (Austrian, worked in Italy, 18th century)
Engraved by: Ignazio Benedetti (Italian, 18th century)
Etched by: Pietro Leone Bombelli (Italian, 1737–1809)
Engraved by: Antonio Capellan (Italian, about 1740–1793)
Engraved by: Marco Carloni (Italian, 1742–1796)
Etched by: Philotée François Duflos (French, about 1710–1746)
Engraved by: Alessio Giardoni (Italian, 18th century)
Engraved by: Filippo Morghen (Italian, 1730–about 1810)
Engraved by: Giovanni Ottaviani (Italian, about 1735–1808)
Engraved by: Giovanni Battista Sintes (Italian, about 1680–about 1760)
After: Domenico Corvi (Italian (Roman), 1721–1803)
After: Carle van Loo (French, 1705–1765)
After: Pietro Paolo Panzi (Italian, 18th century)
After: Gregorio Giusti (Italian, born in 1732)
Author: Virgil (born in 70 B.C.E.)
Publisher: Venanzio Monaldini (Italian, active 1744–1781)
Printer: Johannes Zempel (Italian, active 1759–1782)
1763–64
Place of Publication: Rome, Italy

Medium/Technique Illustrated book with numerous etchings and engravings
Dimensions Overall (Vol. 1): 43.9 x 31 x 4.5 cm (17 5/16 x 12 3/16 x 1 3/4 in.)
Credit Line Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Philip Hofer
Accession Number59.567a-b
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsIllustrated books
Rome: Johannes Zempel for Venanzio Monaldini, 1763-1764

Catalogue Raisonné Brunet V, 1306
Description(Rome: Johannes Zempel for Venanzio Monaldini, 1763-1764) Folio bound in fours, 2 [of 3] volumes; [v. 1] 153 leaves, [v. 2] 199 leaves; contemporary blind- and gilt-stamped vellum.

Allegorical frontispieces; map of Mediterranean Sea; illustrations of classical inscriptions, antique artifacts and motifs, and episodes taken from early manuscripts of Virgilian texts, etc.
ProvenanceMarchionis Salsae (bookplate); unidentified armorial bookplate with motto "Comme je fus"; Mr. and Mrs. Philip Hofer, Cambridge, MA by whom given to MFA, September 17, 1959.