M. Actii Plavti Comoediae Viginti - Cum indici rerum ac vocum, prouerbiorum, formulisqu; loquendi, atq; Graecarum, et quarundaim Latinarum dictionum interpretatione [Plauti]

Plautus, Titus Maccius

Published by Gryphium, Lugduni (Lyon), 1540

About this Item

1540. Edition not stated. 723pp. plus an unpaginated 52 page index. Titus Maccius Plautus (c. 254-184 BC), commonly known as Plautus, was a Roman playwright of the Old Latin period. His comedies are the earliest Latin literary works to have survived in their entirety. With the text in Latin, this is a scarce 482 year old edition of his twenty comedies. The book is bound in probably later (17th or 18th century) full leather boards with five raised bands on the spine (the title label is missing). The case of the book has some expected signs of its age, including scuffing and some staining to the leather. There is damage with a little loss to the leather around the corner tips, about 1/4" is missing from the bottom of the spine and up to about 1/2" is missing from the top of the spine. Both spine edges have an unusual repair using some type of thin material (Japanese paper?) either to reinforce or reattach the boards. As mentioned above, there is no title label on the spine. The contents are tight and the pages are clean with some expected signs of age, including some age-browning around the page margins and some soiling on the title-page and last page of the book. A few pages have old and small notes written in Greek on the margin and there is a name on the top edge of the front free endpaper and title-page. The endpapers are soiled and stained around the edges where colour has been taken from the leather binding. An indication that the binding is probably later is that the top edge of the pages are close cut to the text. There are probably a few other minor faults that we have missed, but overall this is a tight and clean copy of a scarce volume. PLEASE NOTE: Extra postage will be required to cover tracking. Seller Inventory # gVIClass17

Bibliographic Details

Title: M. Actii Plavti Comoediae Viginti - Cum ...

Publisher: Gryphium, Lugduni (Lyon)

Publication Date: 1540

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good - See Description

Edition: Not Stated