Bibliotheca Brookeriana: A Renaissance Library. The Aldine Collection N-Z

Bibliotheca Brookeriana: A Renaissance Library. The Aldine Collection N-Z

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Plautus, Comedie. XX, Lyon, [Jacques Myt? for Barthélemy Trot?], 8 April 1513, modern vellum

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June 25, 08:34 PM GMT

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800 - 1,200 USD

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Plautus, Titus Maccius. M. Plauti Sars sinatis Comedie. XX. uarroniane ex antiquis recentioribusque exemplaribus inuicem collatis diligentissime emendate. Lyon: [Jacques Myt? for Barthélemy Trot?], 8 April 1513


"Not a contrefaction of the Aldine edition" (Shaw); "probably printed by Jacques Myt" (UCLA).


8vo (163 x 100 mm). Italic type, 32 lines plus headline. collation: A-Z8 AA-TT8 (lacking blank TT8): 335 (of 336) leaves). Title printed in red, woodcut initials, early marginalia. (Title repaired and reattached, staining, scattered browning, hole to L1 costing a few letters.)


binding: Modern vellum (172 x 110 mm), gilt-lettered morocco label, edges stained blue and speckled red. (Some soiling.)


provenance: Inscription "Jo. Jacobi Regreti (Regneti?) molismagni" on recto of last leaf — inscription "Societatis Jesu" to title — inkstamp "Biblioteca Seminario di Torino" at end — Sotheby's London, 17-18 March 1975, lot 400 (£30). acquisition: Purchased at Sotheby's by T. Kimball Brooker. references: UCLA 1152; Renouard 312/43; Shaw 58; Baudrier, VIII, 425; Gültlingen, II, p.107: 21; FB 83171; USTC 144083

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