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Aristofane,

Aristophanis comicorum principis Comoediae undecim, and Graeco in Latinum... translatae., 1542

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Venice, [in fine: apud Iacob a Burgofrancho], 1538. In 8°. Title page within an architectural woodcut frame, publisher's initials on the title page and brand at the end, italic font, light marginal foxing, light and small halos on a few leaves, partially detached issue K, detached K8, Coeval parchment binding, handwritten title on spine, minor defects. Ownership note on title page.

Specialist Notes

Rare first edition in Latin that collects all eleven comedies of Aristophanes, in the translation of the classical philologist Andrea Divo, born in Capodistria (Pola) in the 16th century.