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In decorated gold vellum of the period

M. Actii Plauti Comoediae viginti

155478 x 116 mm

Charming copy in its contemporary gilt vellum binding decorated with chiselled gilt edges

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Description

Latin edition of twenty Plautus' comedies by the Lyon-based publisher Sebastien Gryphe, in italics and small format, inspired by by the publisher Aldus Manuce.

Charming copy in its contemporary gilt vellum binding decorated with chiselled gilt edges

Complete, one notebook and the two final sheets are reversed.

Lyon,Sebastian Gryphe,1554.in-12, Bound,78 x 116 mm,1078 pp.

Period gilt vellum binder decorated with a plate, semi-dotted and framed, gilt and chased edges. Slit on a plate. One centimeter missing on the lower part of the title page (former ex-libris) filled in.

Bio

Plautus

Titus Maccius Plautus

Plautus, in Latin Titus Maccius Plautus, born around 254 BC in Sarsina in ancient Umbria, now located in Emilia-Romagna and died in 184 BC in Rome.

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