Terentius comico carmine.

Terentius comico carmine.

Works

Impressum in nobili Heluecio[rum] vrbe Arge[n]tina [Strasbourg] : Per Ioanne[m] Grüninger mira etium arte ac diligentia, anno MCCCCCIII. XV Kalendas Aprilis [1503 March 18]

[6], IX-CLVIII leaves : illustrations ; 31 cm (folio)

Contains extensive marginal commentary by Aelius Donatus and Giovanni Calfurnio.

Full-page woodcut illustration of a theater on title page, one full-page woodcut for each play, and many smaller woodcuts depicting individual scenes.

Place of printing, printer's name and date of printing from colophon.

"Ex Arge[n]tina idibus Marciis anno. M.d.iii"--title page verso.

Signatures: A⁶ B⁸ C-2A⁶ 2B⁴ 2C⁶.

Initials.

Variant states: leaves lxvi and cvi numbered 'lxv' and 'cxvi', respectively.

Grässe, J.G.T. Trésor de livres rares et précieux, VII, page 54
Proctor, R. Index to the early printed books in the British Museum, 9889

Strasbourg (Free imperial city), -- publication place.
France -- Strasbourg, -- publication place.

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Imperfect; missing folios LXXIX-LXXX (leaves N3.4). Heautontimorumenos has extensive manuscript annotations and hand-painted woodcuts. Early leather binding (calf?), rebacked. Effaced ownership inscription on title page; Ownership inscription on title page verso: Liber domus Montis dei ordinis Carthusiensis Remensis diocesis. [E?]mptu[s] anno D[omi]ni 1583.

Acquired from Rodolphe Chamonal, D9787, 2024-11-27, Livres Anciens, Item #216

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