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PLAUTUS

M. Accius Plautus ex fide atque auctoritate complurium librorum manuscriptorum opera Dionys.

Geneva
P. & J. Chouët
1622

€180 - €240

8vo (24 x 16 cm), [8], 920, [52] pp, title within elaborate ornamental woodcut border, woodcut initials and head-pieces. Text of plays in italics, commentary in smaller roman type in 2 cols. Contemporary vellum binding, with central gilt ornament, slightly soiled. Nice copy

Edition of the collected plays of Plautus, with an elaborate commentary by Denis Lambin (1520-1572), who died from the effects of the shock given to him by the Massacre of St. Bartholomew. Before his death Lambin had undertaken a commentary on Plautus, and had begun the notes on the thirteenth play, the ""Mercator"". His notes, though imperfect and unmethodical, were published (1576) after his death (ref. newadvent.org)

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