1566 1st Plantin pocket edition of Plautus COMEDIES antique 16th CENTURY BINDING

[M. Accius Plautus]

M. Accii Plauti

Comoediae viginti, olim a Ioachimo
Camerario emendatae, nunc [...] restitutae, opera et diligentia Ioannis Sambuci [...]

Antwerp: Chr. Plantin ; 1566


 847-[1 bl.] pp.

Title within woodcut border. 

Original blind-ruled calf, small gilt ornament on covers, spine with 5 raised bands and morocco label, gilt gauffered edges

Front cover loose, rebacked with original leather pasted on, a few minor spots
Otherwise very good copy


First Plantin pocket edition of Plautus.
Dedicated by Sambucus to Chr. Plantin.


-Ref. Voet (Plantin Press) 2077. - Sorgeloos 385. - BT 385. - Adams P-1499. -

Provenance:  Old name and inscription on title.

Old manuscript ownership entries on lower endpaper and flyleaf.

Old bibliographical notes on front flyleaf and on verso of title

Small size : 3 1/2 by 5 inches

Text in Latin
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