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Auction 188, Lot 567

"Laurent"

Subject: Laurentum, Italy

Period: 1519 (published)

Publication: Aeneidos

Color: Black & White

Size:
6 x 6.8 inches
15.2 x 17.3 cm
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This sheet is from Book XII of Virgil's Aeneid and includes a woodblock engraving of the ancient Roman city of Laurentum, with Aeneas, Turnus and their armies in the foreground, preparing to battle.

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Condition: A

There is an old paper repair in the bottom margin and a dampstain along the left edge.

Estimate: $140 - $170

Sold for: $100

Closed on 6/22/2022

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