Terentius, Comoediae, Lyon, 1546, contemporary calf gilt binding with coloured interlacing

Books from the Library of the Earls of Haddington, lots 105-131

TERENTIUS AFER, PUBLIUS

Comediae multo majore, quam hactenus unquam, vigilantia repurgatae. Lyon: Sébastien Gryphe, 1546

16mo (118 x 638mm.), ruled in red, with both final blanks, contemporary calf gilt with coloured strapwork interlacing, gilt edges, joints and corners neatly repaired

The design on this binding, with the coloured interlacing and arabesque stamps, is very similar to a Grolier binding from the workshop of Gommar Estienne (see Jean Grolier à la Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris, 2012, no.35).

LITERATURE:

USTC 149534

PROVENANCE:

extract from an English sale catalogue pasted to inside front cover; quotation from a Libri catalogue written in pencil on front flyleaf (though this copy not traced in the Libri sales)