Lot 10
Plays.- Terentius Afer (Publius) Las seys comedias de Terentio conforme a la edicion del Faerno, translated by Pedro Simón Abril, rare at auction, Alcalá de Henares, Juan Gracián, 1583.
Estimate: £800 - 1,200
Description
Plays.- Terentius Afer (Publius) Las seys comedias de Terentio conforme a la edicion del Faerno, translated by Pedro Simón Abril, collation: [ ]8 A-Z8 Aa-Vv8, parallel text in Latin and Spanish, title with woodcut ornament with Latin motto at centre, woodcut decorative initials, trimmed at head and foot, just touching first two words of title and the occasional headline or signature-mark, first and last couple of ff. foxed, some spotting, lightly browned, red half morocco by A. Ménard, spine in compartments and richly gilt, rubbed, g.e., small 8vo (135 x 91mm.), Alcalá de Henares, Juan Gracián, 1583.
*** Rare at auction, with the last copy we can trace on RBH offered by Maggs Bros. in 1938. Pedro Simón Abril (1530-1595) Spanish humanist, teacher of Classics and translator. Also found with supplementary signature of preliminaries ¶8 inserted after title (cf. Adams).
Provenance: Jesuit College of Toledo (later ink inscription to title).
Literature: Adams T378; Wilkinson Iberian Books, 18304; Julián Martín Abad La Imprenta en Alcalá de Henares (1502-1600), 938; Sánchez Bibliografía aragonesa del siglo XVI (1501-1600), Vol.2, p.180.
Description
Plays.- Terentius Afer (Publius) Las seys comedias de Terentio conforme a la edicion del Faerno, translated by Pedro Simón Abril, collation: [ ]8 A-Z8 Aa-Vv8, parallel text in Latin and Spanish, title with woodcut ornament with Latin motto at centre, woodcut decorative initials, trimmed at head and foot, just touching first two words of title and the occasional headline or signature-mark, first and last couple of ff. foxed, some spotting, lightly browned, red half morocco by A. Ménard, spine in compartments and richly gilt, rubbed, g.e., small 8vo (135 x 91mm.), Alcalá de Henares, Juan Gracián, 1583.
*** Rare at auction, with the last copy we can trace on RBH offered by Maggs Bros. in 1938. Pedro Simón Abril (1530-1595) Spanish humanist, teacher of Classics and translator. Also found with supplementary signature of preliminaries ¶8 inserted after title (cf. Adams).
Provenance: Jesuit College of Toledo (later ink inscription to title).
Literature: Adams T378; Wilkinson Iberian Books, 18304; Julián Martín Abad La Imprenta en Alcalá de Henares (1502-1600), 938; Sánchez Bibliografía aragonesa del siglo XVI (1501-1600), Vol.2, p.180.
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