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Auction archive: Lot number 13

TERENTIUS AFER, PUBLIUS. 185-159 B.C.

Estimate
US$3,000 - US$4,000
Price realised:
US$2,040
Auction archive: Lot number 13

TERENTIUS AFER, PUBLIUS. 185-159 B.C.

Estimate
US$3,000 - US$4,000
Price realised:
US$2,040
Beschreibung:

Comoediae. [Commentary by Aelius Donatus, Guido Juvenalis und Jodocus Badius Ascensius and others. Edited Johannes Curtus. Strassburg: Johann Grüninger, 11 February 1499.] Folio (267 x 180 mm). 166 leaves (of 178, lacking 12 leaves at beginning and end: a1-6, c1, F2-6). Types: 17:145G (headlines and capitals), 22:89R (text); 23:64BR (commentary), 4:48G (interlinear gloss). 72 lines of commentary surrounding text, with headlines. Spaces for initials with guide letters, (without title woodcut), 6 full-page woodcuts showing personage of the different comedies, 153 (of 158) smaller woodcuts (including repeats), all but three composed of five assembled blocks. Later calf, corners repaired, half morocco folding case. b1 repaired with marginal loss, leaves trimmed closely some affecting woodcut margins or headlines. Third illustrated edition and a reprint of Grüninger's 1496 edition, using the same woodblocks. The woodcuts represent the first attempt to reproduce stage settings in a realistic way and depict Strasbourg fashion of the time. BSB-Ink T-106; BMC I, 113; Goff T-101; GW M45485; HC 15432.

Auction archive: Lot number 13
Auction:
Datum:
15 Oct 2021
Auction house:
Bonhams London
New York
Beschreibung:

Comoediae. [Commentary by Aelius Donatus, Guido Juvenalis und Jodocus Badius Ascensius and others. Edited Johannes Curtus. Strassburg: Johann Grüninger, 11 February 1499.] Folio (267 x 180 mm). 166 leaves (of 178, lacking 12 leaves at beginning and end: a1-6, c1, F2-6). Types: 17:145G (headlines and capitals), 22:89R (text); 23:64BR (commentary), 4:48G (interlinear gloss). 72 lines of commentary surrounding text, with headlines. Spaces for initials with guide letters, (without title woodcut), 6 full-page woodcuts showing personage of the different comedies, 153 (of 158) smaller woodcuts (including repeats), all but three composed of five assembled blocks. Later calf, corners repaired, half morocco folding case. b1 repaired with marginal loss, leaves trimmed closely some affecting woodcut margins or headlines. Third illustrated edition and a reprint of Grüninger's 1496 edition, using the same woodblocks. The woodcuts represent the first attempt to reproduce stage settings in a realistic way and depict Strasbourg fashion of the time. BSB-Ink T-106; BMC I, 113; Goff T-101; GW M45485; HC 15432.

Auction archive: Lot number 13
Auction:
Datum:
15 Oct 2021
Auction house:
Bonhams London
New York
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