Andria: A Comedy by Terence.
TERENCE. Andria: A Comedy by Terence. 122, [4] pp. Folio, 347 x 250 mm, bound in beige paper boards, backed in vellum, title gilt on spine, t.e.g., in green cloth slipcase. Verona: Officina Bodoni, 1971.
One of 160 copies. This edition brings to fruition one part of an illustrated edition of Terence that was planned by Basel printer Johann Amerbach in 1493. A number of illustrations for Amerbach's edition were completed by Albrecht Durer before the project was eventually abandoned. For the Bodoni edition of Andria, Terence's first comedy, twenty five of Durer's illustrations for the Amerbach Terence were copied and cut by engraver Fritz Kredel. The text is based on Richard Bernard's English translation, which was first published in 1598. Set in Dante type and pressed on Fratelli Magnani paper. A pristine copy.
Item nr. 52727
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$1,500.00