Comoediae [ed. & comm. Joannes Baptista Pius].

Folio: [421 (of 422)] ff. (last blank missing, marginal dampstains to the first ff., upper half of f. AA6 underlaid, some staining, i.a. on bii). Good copy.

17th-c. calf, gilt spine on raised bands, gilt edges (rubbed, 18th-c. repairs to spine and joints, small defects, lower turn-in lacking, corners bumped).

First edition of Plautus' comedies by Giovanni Battista Pio (1460-1540), with his extensive commentary surrounding the text. This is the last incunable edition of the Roman playwright; the following is dated 1503. Red printed heading on 2a; printer's mark on last leaf. Ref. ISTC ip00785000. - GW 33974. - Goff P-785. - Polain 3199. - BMC VI:775. - CIBN P-456. - BSB-Ink P-577. Prov. Cont. marginal manuscript notes. - Ms. note "homo bulla 1560" on lower endpaper. - Ownership entries on title-page (one partly erased). - Jacques Gaillard, canon of Rouen (armorial bookpl.). - [Georges Petit].