Aristophanes. Comoediae. Basel, 1547. modern crushed burgundy morocco gilt

ARISTOPHANES

Κομωδιαι εννεα μετα σχολιων παλαιων... Comoediae novem cum commentariis antiquis. Basel: Froben, 1547

Folio (292 x 189mm.), text in Greek, woodcut initials and headpieces (one headpiece dated 1545), woodcut printer's device on final verso, modern crushed burgundy morocco gilt-tooled in period style, title-page slightly soiled and repaired at edges, other occasional light staining

Edited by the Bohemian scholar Sigismundus Gelenius, and based on the Aldine editio princeps (even including the original preface by Marcus Musurus from the Aldine edition, but then Gelenius had been a pupil of Musurus).

LITERATURE:

VD16 A 3268

PROVENANCE:

I.H., initials at head of title-page