1598 COMEDIES of TERENCE ILLUSTRATED by AMMAN antique VELLUM MANUSCRIPT BINDING

Terentius (Afer), P.

Antonio Mureto locis prope innumerabilibus emendatus, & lectionum varietate recens auctus.
Editio prioribus accuratior.


Frankfurt am Main, J. Sauer for P. Fischer's heirs; 1598


 With two repeated printer's marks at the title and at the end, as well as six large woodcuts by J. Amman.

16 leaves, 316 pages, 1 blank leaf, 81 pages.


Period vellum binding using an ancient manuscript.

(Spine and front cover with damage, good interior).

- VD16 T 498. Cf. Becker 72. Not in the STC or in Adams. -


The six comedies of Terence, edited and commented on by the Neo-Latin poet Marc Antoine Muret (Marcus Antonius Muretus; 1525–1585).

Muret's commentary first appeared in 1555 (Ebert 22489);

Amman's woodcuts have been used since 1574;
they depict the characters from the plays within differently framed ovals.


With occasional period underlining and marginalia.

Size 4 by 6.5"

Text in Latin
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