Terentius, Le Comedie, Venice, Sons of Aldo Manuzio, 1546, contemporary limp vellum

Terentius Afer, Publius. Le Comedie di Terentio volgari, di nuouo ricorrette, et à miglior tradottione ridotte. Venice: Sons of Aldo Manuzio, 1546

8vo (155 x 102 mm). Italic type, 30 lines plus headline. collation: A-X⁸: 168 leaves. Woodcut Aldine device on title-page and verso of last leaf, one page of early manuscript written upside-down on front flyleaves. (Some minor dampstaining and spotting.)

binding: Contemporary limp vellum (156 x 109 mm), traces of two pairs of ties, inscriptions in ink on covers, flat spine, four leather bands piercing covers at spine. (Binding worn and creased, spine repaired.)

provenance: Unidentified owner, inscription "Se, voio, me, auderete, soben, che, voio, lo. prenderete" on lower pastedown (16^th century) — Giovanni Maria Raffaelli di Cetona (b. 1606), inscription "Giovanmaria Raffaelli da Cetona" on title-page. acquisition: Purchased from Bennett & Marshall, Los Angeles, 1977. references: UCLA 357; Renouard 138/17; Edit16 26970; USTC 858732