ARISTOPHANES (ca. 450 - ca. 385 B.C.). Comoediae Novem , in Greek. With the Scholia. Edited by Markos Mousouros. Venice: Aldus Manutius 15th July 1498. Super-chancery 2° (308 x 210mm). Collation: [1] 8 (1r title in Greek and Latin: Aristophanis Comoediae Novem. Plutus. Nebulae Ranae Equites Acharnes Vespae Aves Pax Contionantes , 1v-8v preliminary texts including letters by Aldus and Mousouros, and a life of the author); α-γ 8 δ 1 0 (Plutus, δ10v blank); ε-κ 8 (Nebulae, κ7v-8v blank); λ-ξ 8 o 1 0 (Ranae); π-ψ 8 φ 6 (Equites); χ-ώ Α 8 (Acharnes); Β-Ε 8 Z 6 (Vespae); H-Λ 8 Μ 4 (Aves); Ν-Ο 8 Π 1 0 (Pax, misbound between Equites and Acharnes); Ρ-Σ 8 Τ 6 (Contionantes, Τ4v-5r sheet register, Τ5v quire register, colophon, Τ6 blank). 347 (of 348, without the final blank) leaves. Mostly 41-42 lines of commentary surrounding varying numbers of lines of text. Types: 1:146Gk (text), 7:114Gk (commentary), 2:114R (title, dedication, etc.). Woodcut floral and interlaced headlines and initials. (A few small wormholes, one touching text, repaired in first leaf.) Early 19th-century half sheep (slightly rubbed). Provenance : two sets of MS. glosses in the margins, the earlier one in a particularly accomplished Greek hand; Viscount Mersey (booklabel). EDITIO PRINCEPS of nine of Aristophanes' eleven extant comedies. Aldus had intended to include a tenth play, the Lysistrata , but was unable to find a manuscript containing the complete text. A FINE AND LARGE COPY. HC *1656; GW 2333; BMC V, 559 (IB. 24467-70); Goff A-958; IGI 790; Sander 580; Essling 1163.
ARISTOPHANES (ca. 450 - ca. 385 B.C.). Comoediae Novem , in Greek. With the Scholia. Edited by Markos Mousouros. Venice: Aldus Manutius 15th July 1498. Super-chancery 2° (308 x 210mm). Collation: [1] 8 (1r title in Greek and Latin: Aristophanis Comoediae Novem. Plutus. Nebulae Ranae Equites Acharnes Vespae Aves Pax Contionantes , 1v-8v preliminary texts including letters by Aldus and Mousouros, and a life of the author); α-γ 8 δ 1 0 (Plutus, δ10v blank); ε-κ 8 (Nebulae, κ7v-8v blank); λ-ξ 8 o 1 0 (Ranae); π-ψ 8 φ 6 (Equites); χ-ώ Α 8 (Acharnes); Β-Ε 8 Z 6 (Vespae); H-Λ 8 Μ 4 (Aves); Ν-Ο 8 Π 1 0 (Pax, misbound between Equites and Acharnes); Ρ-Σ 8 Τ 6 (Contionantes, Τ4v-5r sheet register, Τ5v quire register, colophon, Τ6 blank). 347 (of 348, without the final blank) leaves. Mostly 41-42 lines of commentary surrounding varying numbers of lines of text. Types: 1:146Gk (text), 7:114Gk (commentary), 2:114R (title, dedication, etc.). Woodcut floral and interlaced headlines and initials. (A few small wormholes, one touching text, repaired in first leaf.) Early 19th-century half sheep (slightly rubbed). Provenance : two sets of MS. glosses in the margins, the earlier one in a particularly accomplished Greek hand; Viscount Mersey (booklabel). EDITIO PRINCEPS of nine of Aristophanes' eleven extant comedies. Aldus had intended to include a tenth play, the Lysistrata , but was unable to find a manuscript containing the complete text. A FINE AND LARGE COPY. HC *1656; GW 2333; BMC V, 559 (IB. 24467-70); Goff A-958; IGI 790; Sander 580; Essling 1163.
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