Terentius, [Comoediae sex], Paris, 1551 (1550), Parisian red morocco armorial binding

TERENTIUS AFER, PUBLIUS. Terentius [Comoediae sex]. In singulas scenas argumenta, ferè ex Aelij Donati commentariis transcripta. Versuum genera per Erasmum Roterodamum. Paris: Robert I Estienne, 1551 (4 December 1550)

A fine copy, bound for the French hellenist Jacques-Marie d'Amboise, professor of rhetoric and philosophy at the Collège Sainte-Barbe, and Chair of Greek and Latin Philosophy at the Collège royal.

8vo (171 x 110 mm). Italic type, 31 lines plus headline. collation: a-z⁸ 2a⁸: 192 leaves. Title-page with woodcut device, marginal note in early modern hand giving alternative reading on e4r. (Small tear at lower margin of title-page).

Binding: Parisian olive morocco armorial binding (178 x 118 mm), ca 1580s, for Jacques-Marie d'Amboise, double gilt fillets around sides, in centre gilt leafy wreath containing 4 stars (the arms of Amboise), flat spine richly gilt "à feuillages", edges gilt

Provenance: Jacques-Marie d'Amboise (1538-1611), arms on binding — Charles Lenormand du Coudray (1712-1789, notable print collector), cypher in red ink on title-page. Acquisition: Purchased in 2003 from Librairie Paul Jammes, Paris. References: USTC 204050; Renouard, Annales de l'imprimerie des Estienne, p.80: 6