Opera
113 woodcuts in the text, most are half-page or larger. The printer's device on title-page and final verso, decorative initials throughout, text in double and triple columns with commentary.
Artwork Details
- Title: Opera
- Author: Publius Virgilius Maro (70–19 BCE)
- Publisher: Lucantonio Giunta (Italian, Florence 1457–1538 Venice)
- Date: 1533
- Medium: Book, three parts in one volume, with extensive woodcut illustrations
- Dimensions: Overall: 12 × 8 3/8 in. (30.5 × 21.2 cm)
- Classification: Books
- Credit Line: Rogers Fund
- Object Number: Ref.101
- Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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