(1551-52). TERENCE. COMOEDIAE. - Lot 252

(1551-52). TERENCE. COMOEDIAE. Paris, Benoît Prévost for Jean de Roigny, November 15, 1551. In-folio of [4]-3 to 776-[38]-2bl. pages, granite calf, ribbed spine, inscription and gilt fleuron in the center of the boards (later binding). Edition by Thierry de Beauvais, whose text is surrounded by extensive commentaries by famous humanists: Etienne Dolet, Erasmus, Mélanchton, Scaliger, Bembo, etc... The illustration includes a series of 149 CHARMING ILLUSTRATIONS in archaic style, borrowed from an Italian edition and depicting the actors at the beginning of each scene "à ce commodes et utiles", says the privilege. On the boards the arms of Toulouse and the (partially faded) inscription "Datum ab octoviris capitolinis 1678" (Given by the eight men of the Capitol in 1678). Spine and corners rebound, boards rubbed, light rings pronounced at the corners of the first few leaves (USTC, 151033) (Brunet V, 714).