PLAUTUS, TITUS MACCIUS. C.254-184 B.C.E. :Ex Plauti comoediis XX quarum carmina magna exparte in mensum suum restituta sunt .... Venice: Heirs of Aldus the Elder, 1522. 4to (210 x 138 mm). Woodcut printer\'s devices on title page and colophon. Contemporary vellum, spine with 5 raised bands, inked title on spine. Slightly rubbed and soiled, hinges cracking, dampstaining to some leaves, especially in quire \"l,\" extensive contemporary inked marginalia in more than one hand, scattered spotting. Provenance: Thomas Ashby, Jr. (1874-1931, Archaeologist and director of the British School at Rome, bookplate).
The only Aldine edition of the comedies of Plautus, published from an earlier copy annotated by Erasmus and Aldus Manutius. Adams P-1487; Renouard p 94.
PLAUTUS, TITUS MACCIUS. C.254-184 B.C.E. :Ex Plauti comoediis XX quarum carmina magna exparte in mensum suum restituta sunt .... Venice: Heirs of Aldus the Elder, 1522. 4to (210 x 138 mm). Woodcut printer\'s devices on title page and colophon. Contemporary vellum, spine with 5 raised bands, inked title on spine. Slightly rubbed and soiled, hinges cracking, dampstaining to some leaves, especially in quire \"l,\" extensive contemporary inked marginalia in more than one hand, scattered spotting. Provenance: Thomas Ashby, Jr. (1874-1931, Archaeologist and director of the British School at Rome, bookplate).
The only Aldine edition of the comedies of Plautus, published from an earlier copy annotated by Erasmus and Aldus Manutius. Adams P-1487; Renouard p 94.