Showcasing works from the library’s rare book collection, and dating from the 15th to the 19th century, these texts are notable for their beauty, their relevance to the evolution of the printed word, and the insight they provide into the classical world. Examples include an incunabulum, Aurelii Augustini opuscula plurima and 1524 editions of Homer’s Iliad and Odyssey published by the Aldine Press.
Image credit: page 2 with extensive marginalia ;Publii Virgilii Maronis Mantuani Bucolicum decem aeglogarum opus ; Vienne : [publisher not identified] ; 1514
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