Aristophanes, Comoediae undecim [Greek], Basel, 1532, later half calf

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Aristophanes

Κωμωδιαι ενδεκα... Comoediae undecim. Basel: Andreas Cratander and Johann Bebel, 1532

small 4to (214 x 134mm.), text in Greek, woodcut initials, woodcut printer's device o final verso (otherwise blank), annotations in first play (Πλουτος, Wealth), quire γ misbound, eighteenth-century half calf, blue edges, leaf Θ4 repaired at foot, a few small holes in final leaf with device, occasional light staining, small adhesive label to spine

This edition contains two plays more than the 1498 Aldine edition (lot 14), Thesmophoriazousae and Lysistrata, both of which first appeared in a separate volume printed by Filippo Giunta in 1515.

LITERATURE

VD16 A 3266

PROVENANCE

armorial ink stamp on title-page