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VERGILIUS MARO, Publius (70-19 B.C.). Georgicorum... libri IV, in Greek and Latin. Edited by Eugene de Bulgaris. St Petersburg: Academy of Sciences, 1786.
VERGILIUS. Aeneidis... libri XII, in Greek and Latin. Edited by Eugene de Bulgaris. St Petersburg: Academy of Sciences, 1791-1792. 3 volumes.
Together, 4 volumes. 2 (385 x 238mm). Letterpress titles in Latin and Greek, the first volumes of each work with woodcut title ornaments. Engraved frontispiece portrait of Catherine II by S. Vasiliev after G. Roslen to Aeneidis, engraved and woodcut headpieces, engraved tailpieces, Aeneidis with 2-leaf errata at the end of vols. II and III, some gatherings in volume II printed on blue paper. (Some browning and light offsetting, a few leaves ink-spotted, portrait browned, unobtrusive paper flaw affecting 2 lines of text in Aeneidis II: C1, Aeneidis II: Z1 and Z2 bound in reverse order.) Contemporary tree calf, flat spines gilt with neo-classical urns, red and green leather lettering-pieces, red edges, patterned violet and black endpapers (slight cracking on joints, extremities lightly worn, light scuffing on boards with small section on Aeneidis I torn, unobtrusive worming on joints and spines.) Brunet V, 1300; Graesse VII p.351. (4)
VERGILIUS. Aeneidis... libri XII, in Greek and Latin. Edited by Eugene de Bulgaris. St Petersburg: Academy of Sciences, 1791-1792. 3 volumes.
Together, 4 volumes. 2 (385 x 238mm). Letterpress titles in Latin and Greek, the first volumes of each work with woodcut title ornaments. Engraved frontispiece portrait of Catherine II by S. Vasiliev after G. Roslen to Aeneidis, engraved and woodcut headpieces, engraved tailpieces, Aeneidis with 2-leaf errata at the end of vols. II and III, some gatherings in volume II printed on blue paper. (Some browning and light offsetting, a few leaves ink-spotted, portrait browned, unobtrusive paper flaw affecting 2 lines of text in Aeneidis II: C1, Aeneidis II: Z1 and Z2 bound in reverse order.) Contemporary tree calf, flat spines gilt with neo-classical urns, red and green leather lettering-pieces, red edges, patterned violet and black endpapers (slight cracking on joints, extremities lightly worn, light scuffing on boards with small section on Aeneidis I torn, unobtrusive worming on joints and spines.) Brunet V, 1300; Graesse VII p.351. (4)