Terentius, Comoediae sex, Venice, Biblioteca Aldina, 1570, seventeenth-century vellum

Terentius Afer, Publius. Comoediae sex, infinitis fere locis emendatae: una cum Vinc. Cordati Vesul. Burg. commentariis in Andriam; summariis verò (quae argumenta vocant,) & annotationibus methodicis rei, ac styli in reliquas. Venice: Biblioteca Aldina, 1570

8vo (146 x 96 mm). Italic type with some Greek, 30 lines plus headline. collation: A-Z⁸ AA-HH⁸ II⁴: 251 leaves (of 252, lacking terminal blank). Woodcut Aldine device on title-page and last leaf. (A few minor paper flaws, some light foxing and staining.)

binding: Seventeenth-century vellum remboîtage (154 x 110 mm), flat spine, title in ink at head and "329" at tail, aqua stained edges. (Lightly stained, small hole to tail of spine, front endpapers lightly wormed, later sewing bands.)

provenance: Unidentified owner, deleted inscription "Laurentii Guccii" on title-page (16^th century) — unidentified owner, inscription "Camillii Tempii" dated 1579 on title-page, later flanked by “Hic liber” and “modo est” — Hesketh & Ward, Catalogue 26: Continental books including the Aldine press (London [2000?]), item 39 (£275). acquisition: Purchased from Hesketh & Ward, London, 2000. references: UCLA 1079; Renouard 210/19; Edit16 33996; USTC 858781