Bucolica, Georgica, et Aeneis – Virgil – 1544 | Servius & Donatus Commentary

Virgil is regularly considered one of the greatest Roman poets. His epic poems Eclogues, Georgics, and Aeneid are some of the most important works of western literature and describe mythology, medicine, astronomy, war and military, rhetoric, agriculture, and more.

This 1544 Basel edition is a significant Renaissance edition of Virgil featuring the commentary of both Servius and Aelius Donatus as well as introductions by Johannes Wirth and Giovanni Battista Cipelli, better known as Egnatius.

Bibliographic Details

• Title: P. Vergilii Maronis Latinorum poetarum principis Bucolica, Georgica, et Aeneis
• Author(s): Publius Vergilius Maro
• Contributor(s): Johannes Wirth (Introduction); Giovanni Battista Cipelli [Egnatius] (Introduction); Maurus Servius Honoratus (Commentary); Aelius Donatus (Commentary)
• Publisher: Basileae, Per Hieronymum Curionem
• Edition: 1544 edition
• Format: (4to), single volume
• Binding: Original vellum binding
• Size:  10.5 in x 7.5 in (26.7 cm x 19 cm)
• Collation: [8], 621 pp
  • Retains original blanks at the end
• Illustrations:
• Contents Include:
  • Bucolica
  • Georgica
  • Aeneis
  • Introductions by Wirth and Cipelli (Egnatius)
  • Commentary by Servius and Donatus
  • Life of Virgil
• Reference(s): USTC 682074

Condition:

Bound in original vellum, showing cracked hinge but secure text block. Pages are generally clean with minor age-toning. The title page is a cancel yet retains the original printed matter. Overall condition Very Good.

Why Collect This?

• Renaissance Basel edition of Virgil
• Includes Servius and Donatus commentary

Item Number: #29239