Sale: 348 / Rare Books, Nov. 17./18. 2008 in Hamburg Lot 215

Titus Maccius Plautus - Comoediae. 1577


215
Titus Maccius Plautus
Comoediae. 1577
Estimate:
€ 500 / $ 535
Sold:
€ 408 / $ 436
(incl. surcharge)
Plautus, M. A., [Comoediae] Ex fide, atque auctoritate complurium librorum manuscriptorum opera D. Lambini ... With woodcut printer's device on title and several woodcut initials and woodcut decorations in the text. Lyon, J. Macaeus 1577 (in fine: 1576). 18th century calf binding. Folio. 4 ll., 1118 pp., 39 ll.
Schweiger II, 762-63. - Adams P 1501. - BM STC, French Books p. 355. - Dibdin II, 310: "The celebrity of Lambinus in almost every classical work which he edited, has already been frenquently noticed. Of this admirable edition, Lambinus lived to finish only the first twelve comedies ... ". - The first 20 ll.with insignificant browning, the last 2 ll. with small marginal defect. Binding scraped, joints somewhat torn, upper spine end chipped. Else fine and clean copy.
Woodcut printer's mark on the title and several woodcut initials in the text. 18th century leather binding. boards. - Only first 20 ll. browned in the margins. Binding rubbed, head of spine slightly damaged.



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Titus Maccius Plautus
Comoediae. 1577
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