La Bucolica, et la Georgica di Vergilio tradotte in versi sciolti &L'Eneide di Virgilio del Commendatore Annibal Caro Virgil (Virgilius or Virgilio or Vergilio)

Two works published separately in 1586, bound together: 1. La Bucolica, et la Georgica di Vergilio The Bucolics and the Georgics of Virgil translated into blank verse. One by M. Andrea Lori: the other by M. Bernardino Danielli with the arguments. Newly corrected and reprinted. 2. L'Eneide di Virgilio del Commendatore Annibal Caro Virgil's Aeneid translated by [and with commentary from] Annibal Caro A 435-year-old+ edition of Virgil's complete works in 17th to 18th century carta rustica thick paper binding. Collated and complete, including most of the original blank flyleaves. Italian text. In VERY GOOD 16th century antiquarian condition. PROVENANCE: From the Virgil Collection of Craig Kallendorf (1954 - 2023), who owned the largest private collection of antiquarian Virgil works (1,150 editions, not including Incunable books) in the world. Only a handful of prominent institutions like the British Library had larger collections. Eighth-nine of the books in his collection were the only known surviving copies, 71 only had one other known copy. He worked closely with Princeton University in helping to assemble, supplement and catalog its Junius Spencer Morgan Virgil collection. Craig Kallendorf was Professor of English and Classics at Texas A&M University. He was the author or editor of 27 books and more than 170 articles, book chapters, and reference work entries. Among Kallendorf's groundbreaking monographs on the Virgilian tradition, special note might be made of his Virgil and the Myth of Venice: Books and Readers in the Italian Renaissance (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1999), which shows how the wide reading of the Aeneid, accessed in both Latin and Italian editions, contributed to Venetian ideology and the so-called "myth of Venice." With its publication, according to reviewer Diana Robin (Renaissance Quarterly, 55.4 [2002], p. 1394), Kallendorf is to be recognized as "the leading authority on the Virgilian tradition in early modern print culture in Italy." ABOUT THE BOOK: Published in 1586 by Francesco Osana in Mantua (modern Italy). Italian text. Rebound in 17th to 18th century carta rustica with its characteristic thick paper binding, exposed cords on the joints and antiquarian spine writing. Wide-margined, untrimmed paper. Octavo, 6 1/8" x 3 1/2". Collated and complete: Book 1: [4], 163, [1] pp; Book 2: 4 original blank preliminary leaves for the Aeneid then [8], 472 pp. followed by four original blank flyleaves. Woodcut printer's device on both Book 1 and Book 2 title page. Decorated woodcut initials. CONDITION REPORT: VERY GOOD Endpapers refreshed and without front blank flyleaf for Book 1. Both works are textually collated and complete. The Aeneid retains all of its original blank flyleaves (scarce during a rebind). Exterior and binding - rubbed and soiled carta rustica thick antiquarian paper binding. Spine sun-darkened with the remnants of small round sticker adhered to it and what appears to be a tape stain. Rear board with some antiquarian ink writing. Bumped corners. Toned edges. Uncut/irregularly cut pages. Binding strained in a few areas with exposed cords in gutters and the text block pulling away from spine. Overall, in remarkably good condition for a thick paper binding hundreds of years old. Interior is VERY GOOD for a 435-year-old+ binding. Most of the text block is clean and bright white with mostly light foxing to margins. About 20% of text block shows a bit heavier foxing and/or is darkened. Pages are untrimmed and inconsistently cut with rough edges. Raggedy edges and a few leaves with tears or loss of margin corners, not affecting text. A few old paper restoration repairs. Minimal worming, mostly a few small holes to margins of first and last few leaves and pastedowns. Fore-edge margins browned in multiple places. A bit grubby and soiled endpapers. Former owner ink writing on title page for the Bucolic and Georgics and Kallendorf's ex libris sticker on FFEP.