farfel_n01_068_031

31
75F=$16
May '76
Paris - P. Proute

Comedies of Terence

[crossed out] Terentianus Maurus [end crossed out] Comoediae.
Terentius Afer, Publius (?185 B.C. - 139 B.C.)
(with the commentary of Guido Juvenalis, revised by
Jodocus Badius) - "the African"
Lyons: Johannes Trechsel, 29 Aug 1493, 4[to]
HC 15424 BMC VIII p. 295 Goff T91 Latin
Cop - HEHL (-), Harv CL (Houghton Lib.) PML, Folg SL.
159 woodcuts with only a few repetitions
320 leaves 47 lines of gloss surrounding text + headline
183(192)x120mm.

Types 107 R title, text, headlines; 78 R; gk.
Capital spaces, almost all with guide letters.
Woodcuts. the headlines give the names of the plays
and the numbers of the acts.
(a - z & A - Q8)

I T La marque de Trechsel

(Qusdragesimale armeum)
-Johannes Trechsel - earliest known book - 9. Feb. 1488/9 -
died about middle of 1498 - he was succeeded by J. Clein.

- The high point of Lyon's book production of the 15th C is
the Comedies of Terence, printed in 1493 by J. Trechsel of
Mainz. The book is set in two sizes of type, one for the text
+ the other, very small, for the commentary. Throughout the
book the plays are copiously illustrated with larger than 1/2 page
cuts which show the actors on stage; they are full of
detail + convey a strong sense of theater.

1493 the 1st illustrated Terence, as well as the 1st [crossed out] illustrated [end crossed out] printed
book to contain illustrations of a theatrical performance. Arthur
(Gunst NE 1030 H55) M. Hind called this work, 'the high water mark of book
illustration at Lyon in the 15th C.' -" le dessinateur
reste in connue."

C.F. Murray The remarkable woodcuts in text are all about the same size (4 3/4 x 4")
and inclusive of that on the title page number 160, only a few
of which appear to be repeats. (my page illustrated. sig f4vo.)

31
75F=$16
May '76
Paris - P. Proute

Comedies of Terence

[crossed out] Terentianus Maurus [end crossed out] Comoediae.
Terentius Afer, Publius (?185 B.C. - 139 B.C.)
(with the commentary of Guido Juvenalis, revised by
Jodocus Badius) - "the African"
Lyons: Johannes Trechsel, 29 Aug 1493, 4[to]
HC 15424 BMC VIII p. 295 Goff T91 Latin
Cop - HEHL (-), Harv CL (Houghton Lib.) PML, Folg SL.
159 woodcuts with only a few repetitions
320 leaves 47 lines of gloss surrounding text + headline
183(192)x120mm.

Types 107 R title, text, headlines; 78 R; gk.
Capital spaces, almost all with guide letters.
Woodcuts. the headlines give the names of the plays
and the numbers of the acts.
(a - z & A - Q8)

I T La marque de Trechsel

(Qusdragesimale armeum)
-Johannes Trechsel - earliest known book - 9. Feb. 1488/9 -
died about middle of 1498 - he was succeeded by J. Clein.

- The high point of Lyon's book production of the 15th C is
the Comedies of Terence, printed in 1493 by J. Trechsel of
Mainz. The book is set in two sizes of type, one for the text
+ the other, very small, for the commentary. Throughout the
book the plays are copiously illustrated with larger than 1/2 page
cuts which show the actors on stage; they are full of
detail + convey a strong sense of theater.

1493 the 1st illustrated Terence, as well as the 1st [crossed out] illustrated [end crossed out] printed
book to contain illustrations of a theatrical performance. Arthur
(Gunst NE 1030 H55) M. Hind called this work, 'the high water mark of book
illustration at Lyon in the 15th C.' -" le dessinateur
reste in connue."

C.F. Murray The remarkable woodcuts in text are all about the same size (4 3/4 x 4")
and inclusive of that on the title page number 160, only a few
of which appear to be repeats. (my page illustrated. sig f4vo.)