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VERGILIUS. Codex antiquissimus a Rufio Turcio Aproniano V.C. distinctus et emendatus qui nunc Florentiae in bibliotheca medico-Laurentiana adservatur bono publico. Florence, Typ. Mannianis, 1741. (2), xxxv, (1), 459 (=461) pp. Printed in black and red, engr. front., vignettes and initial. 4°. Or. blind tooled vellum w. raised bands. (Piece of flyleaf cut out, some name entries on flyleaves, else an excellent copy).
The earliest instance of a facsimile done by typographical means. - Schweiger II, 1174: "Sehr wichtige Ausgabe (...) mit grosser Sorgfalt (...) veranstaltet"; Brunet V, 1291; Graesse VI/2, 341; Dibdin II, 551.€ 300
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