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[CHILDREN'S AND ILLUSTRATED BOOKS]. [BARTOLI, Pietro (1635-1700), after]. “Libro di Stampe del Virgilio ricaunio da un antichissimo Libretto…" [Italy, ca. 1780s]. 4to. Engraved title-page framed with manuscript title, and 55 trimmed, mounted engraved plates. Plates trimmed with manuscript roman numerals at upper margins. Plates generally 6 x 6 ½"; mounted leaves approximately 10 ½ x 8". Bound in eighteenth-century half brown calf over marbled boards, spine stamped in gilt (binding heavily worn, soiled, front board detached, rear joint cracking, text generally toned, soiled). Fair. Bookplates of Mr. Holworthy and James Hammill on front endleaves. Handsome plates of scenes from Virgil, most likely the Aeneid.