xxxix, 626 printed pages in Italian. All edges red. Contemporary 'Old Dutch' marbled endpapers. Contemporary oval blue ink stamps of former owners on verso of title and on title-page. Provenance: Collegium St. Ignatii at Melitae. This book originally was housed in a library in the early 19th century home of the English merchant John Watson, Villa St Ignatius in Malta - the earliest example of Gothic Revival architecture in the country that was converted into a protestant College in 1846, and later housed a Jesuit college when this book was acquisitioned, and which closed down in 1907. 64 x 100mm. Contemporary and richly patinated full vellum. Spine with brown morocco titling label with gilt dog-tooth edges and lettering; hand-tooled in gilt with lattice and tiny flower devices. Gilt slightly worn. See Welsh, 6965 for 1860 edition. OCLC,878512259. WorldCat locates 2 copies worldwide (Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore and Biblioteca Nazionale Centrale di Roma). Epic narrative of Aeneas from Troy to Rome - the most famous text in Latin literature.