5 0 2 ▁edition ▁of ▁Vir g il ' s ▁A ene id , ▁" per haps ▁the ▁most ▁influ ential ▁book ▁illustr ations ▁ever ▁produced ▁in ▁Europe ", ▁though ▁the ▁att ribution ▁to ▁him ▁is ▁not ▁univers ally ▁agreed . ▁ ▁This ▁was ▁the ▁first ▁printed ▁Vir g il ▁with ▁illustr ations . ▁These ▁crow ded ▁compos itions ▁retain ▁many ▁Goth ic ▁features , ▁compared ▁for ▁example ▁with ▁B ott ic elli ' s ▁rather ▁earlier ▁painted ▁illustr ations ▁to ▁D ante . ▁ ▁They ▁were ▁copied ▁in ▁many ▁other ▁book ▁ed itions ▁and ▁about ▁thirty ▁years ▁later ▁in ▁a ▁famous ▁series ▁of ▁Lim og es ▁en am el ▁pla ques ▁by ▁the ▁" Master ▁of ▁the ▁A ene id ▁Series ", ▁one ▁of ▁many ▁such ▁derivative ▁works . ▁ ▁Better - known ▁today ▁are ▁the ▁often ▁rather ▁gru esome ▁wood cut s ▁for ▁Hans ▁von ▁G ers dor ff ' s ▁( 1 4 5 5 – 1 5 2 9 ) ▁Feld t buch ▁der ▁W und art z ney ▁( liter ally ▁" Field - book ▁of ▁the ▁W ound - do ctor ", ▁ 1 5 1 7 , ▁ 1 st ▁ed n .), ▁a ▁manual ▁for ▁the ▁military ▁sur geon ▁( see ▁Commons ). ▁ ▁These ▁have ▁sometimes ▁been ▁col oured ▁by ▁hand , ▁but ▁are ▁printed ▁in ▁black ▁and ▁white . ▁ ▁His ▁front isp ie ce ▁for ▁the ▁ 1 5 2 6 ▁edition , ▁produced ▁when ▁he ▁was ▁probably ▁in ▁his ▁for ties