Denis Lambin Editor (2 results)

, [6], 920, [52] pages, contains 20 plays: Amphitrvo [Amphitryon], Asinaria, Avlvlaria [Aulularia], Capteivei [Captivi], Cvrcvlio [Curculio], Casina, Cistellaria, Epidicvs [Epidicus], Bacchides, Mostellaria, Menaechmi, Miles Gloriosvs [Miles Gloriosus], Mercator, Psevdolvs [Pseudolus], Poenvlvs [Poenulus], Persa, Rvdens [Rudens], Stichvs [Stichus], Trinvmmvs [Trinummus], Trvcvlentvs [Truculentus]. Decorated head and tailpieces and illlustrated capitals throughout, indeces to rear Later edition , light rubbing to corners and edges, boards and spine marked, manuscript title to spine, missing the title page, inked inscriptions to prelims, p871 misnumbered p178 with incorrect page head, pages lightly marked in places with some cockling, binding firm, very good condition , full vellum with yapped edges, inked title to spine, red edges , large octavo, 24.5 cm x 17 cm Hardback ISBN:

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. Dionysii Lambini Monstroliensis Regii Professoris, in Q. Horatium Flaccum ex Fide atque auctoritate complurium librorum manuscriptorum à se emendatum, & aliquoties recognitum, & cum diner sis exemplaribus antiquis comparatum, multisqlocis purgatum, Commentarii copiosissimi & ab Auctore plus Tertia parte post priman editionem amplificati. Editio postrema. Francofurti ad Moenum. Ex Officina Typographica Andreæ Wecheli. 1577. I: 313 p + Index. II: 383 p + Index. Contemporary Cambridge style binding measuring 13 x 8 , 4to. In fair condition. Cambridge style boards normally scuffed at edges and worn/bumped at corners. Head and tail of spine scuffed with some chipping; front and rear hinges beginning to crack at head and tail. Title label exhibits loss near front hinge; title illegible. Raised bands rubbed; cording exposed at front and rear hinges. Edges of text-block speckled red. Front and rear paste-downs exhibits soiling and staining from presumed water dampness to binding glue. Previous ownership name, in ink found on front paste-down. Front end-page lacking top corner & sliver at head of gutter. Previous ownership signature, in ink, found on top edge of part I's title page: "Wm. Mitford." Finger-soiling around edges of Part I's title page. Normal toning throughout text-blocks; instances of sparse ink or age stains. Water dampness staining to top corner of Part I's Index & all of part II (Part II also exhibits water dampness staining at fore & bottom edges). Front and rear gutters cracked with some exposed cording. Binding intact. Please see photos and ask questions, if any, before purchasing. Denis Lambin (Latinized as Dionysius Lambinus; 1520 September 1572) was a French classical scholar. Lambin was born at Montreuil, Pas-de-Calais. Having devoted several years to classical studies during a residence in Italy, he was invited to Paris in 1550 to fill the professorship of Latin in the Collège de France, which he soon afterwards exchanged for that of Greek. His lectures were frequently interrupted by his ill-health and the religious disturbances of the time. His death is said to have been caused by his apprehension that he might share the fate of his friend Pierre de la Ramée, who had been killed in the massacre of St Bartholomew. His chief editions are: Horace (1561), Lucretius (1563), Cicero (1566), Cornelius Nepos (1569), Demosthenes (1570), completing the unfinished work of Guillaume Morel, & Plautus (1576). Andreas Wechelus (fr. André Wechel, died 1581) was a printer and bookseller active in Paris from 1554 to 1573 and in Frankfurt from 1573 to 1581. In 1554, Andreas Wechelus took over the printing office of his father, Chrétien Wechel, on Saint-Jean-de-Beauvais Street. He continued the editorial work initiated by his father and printed texts in Greek, notably the works of Xenophon and Lucian), as well as those of humanists like Jean-Antoine de Baïf and Pierre de Ronsard. In all likelihood, Wechelus was a supporter of the Reformation, but his friends were German Lutherans, rather than French Calvinists. Nonetheless, he printed the works of Petrus Ramus and Nicolas Durand de Villegagnon. In 1572, Wechelus escaped the St. Bartholomew's Day massacre thanks to his tenant Hubert Languet, a representative of Augustus, Elector of Saxony. Not long after, Wechelus left Paris for Frankfurt, where he died in 1581. Early imprint (first was 1561). RAREE1577HPRX 11/24 - HK2182.