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Terentius Comico carmine.

Accession number
PML 126083
Creator
Terence.
Published
Impressum in nobili Heluecio[rum] vrbe Arge[n]tina : per Ioanne[m] Gruninger, anno M CCCCC III. XV Kalendas Aprilis [18 March 1503].
Credit line
Bequest of Clark Stillman, 1995.
Notes
Colophon, CC6 recto: P. Sexti Terentij Afri Poetæ Comici. Lepidissimæ // Comœĩæ: Cum Aelij Donati grammatici examinata // intrepretatione [sic] finiũt. Insuper addita est Calphurnij in Heautontimorumenon Terentij accurata expositio. // Impressum in nobili Heluecior vrbe Argẽtina per // Ioannẽ Gruninger mira etiam arte ac diligentia. Anno // M CCCCCIII. XV Kalendas Aprilis.
Includes verses by Sebastian Brant and Heinrich Bebel.
Large woodcut illus. depiction of a theatre on t.-p.6 other full-page cuts in text; 142 smaller cuts, mostly made up from separate blocks of figures and scenes in various combinations; the illustrations are mostly the same as those used in Grüninger's editions of 1496 and 1499.
Imprint from colophon.
Dated at bottom of preface, leaf A1 verso: Ex arge[n]tina idibus Marciis Anno. M.d.iii.
Signatures: A⁶ B⁸ C-Z⁶ AA⁶ BB⁴ CC⁶
Text bordered by commentary.
Description
[6], ix-clviii leaves : illustrations (woodcuts) ; 32 cm (fol.)
Provenance
Marienberg (Saxony), inscription: "Ex Libris Seminarij Mariaperg[ensis]"; Clark Stillman.
Binding
Contemporary German blind-tooled pigskin spine with beech boards, manuscript and incunable waste as spine lining and pastedowns.
Classification
Department