ARISTOPHANES (c.450 - c.385 B.C .). Comoediae Novem , in Greek. With the Scholia. Edited by Marcus Musurus (c.1470-1517). Venice: Aldus Manutius 15 July 1498.
ARISTOPHANES (c.450 - c.385 B.C .). Comoediae Novem , in Greek. With the Scholia. Edited by Marcus Musurus (c.1470-1517). Venice: Aldus Manutius 15 July 1498. Super-chancery 2° (293 x 201mm). Collation: [1] 8 (1r title in Greek and Latin with list of plays, 1v-8v preliminary texts including letters by Aldus and Musurus, and a life of the author); a-? 8 d 10 ( Plutus , d10v blank); e-?8 ?10 ( Nebulae , ?7v-8 blank, Ranae ); p-? 8 f 6 ( Equites ); ?-? 8 A-E 8 Z 6 ( Acharnes , Vespae ); H-? 8 M 4 ( Aves ); N-O 8 ? 10 ( Pax ); P-S 8 T 6 ( Contionantes , T4v-5r sheet register, T5v quire register, colophon, T6 blank). 347 (of 348, without final blank) leaves. Mostly 41-42 lines of commentary surrounding varying numbers of lines of text. Types: 1:146Gk (text), 7:114Gk (commentary), 2:114R (title, dedication, etc.). Woodcut floral and interlaced headpieces and initials, 3-line initial spaces with guide-letters. First leaf ruled in red. (Title trimmed to text page and window-mounted, marginal section of 4 preliminary leaves replaced, effecting a few letters, ?2.7 browned, contemporary fingerprint smudge on ?4, occasional small stain.) 18th-century calf, red edges (rebacked). Provenance : [Richard Porson (1759-1808; professor at Cambridge, attribution on flyleaf assigning the verse numbering to him; sold Sotheby’s, 21 November 1989, lot 8)] – J. Bailey, Trinity College Cambridge, 1 Jan. 1812 (flyleaf inscription) – H.P. Gurney, Clare College, Cambridge, 19 Feb. 1887 (bibliographical note on flyleaf) – bookplate with name deleted – Livio Ambrogio (bookplate). RICHARD PORSON’S COPY OF THE EDITIO PRINCEPS of nine of Aristophanes' eleven extant comedies. Aldus had intended to include a tenth play, Lysistrata , but was unable to find a manuscript containing the complete text. Having hitherto concentrated his printing of Greek on philosophical and grammatical texts, Aldus turned to printing fine literature with this production of Aristophanes. As he reminds the reader in his dedicatory letter to Daniele Clario, professor of Greek and Latin at Ragusia, Dalmatia, Theodore Gaza, when asked which Greek authors it would be most profitable for learners to read, answered: 'only Aristophanes'. From the collection of Richard Porson, Regius Professor of Greek at Cambridge. His extensive library was sold in 1809, when a large part was acquired by Trinity College, Cambridge. His elegant Greek script formed the basis of a typefount, Porson Greek, which is 'the most commonly printed font for classical Greek text in the English-speaking world' (ODNB); he added verse-numbering to the present volume. Porson’s notes and emendations on Aristophanes were published posthumously in 1820. HC *1656; BMC V, 559 (IB. 24467-70); GW 2333; IGI 790; Renouard Alde p.16; Sander 580; Essling 1163; Goff A-958.
ARISTOPHANES (c.450 - c.385 B.C .). Comoediae Novem , in Greek. With the Scholia. Edited by Marcus Musurus (c.1470-1517). Venice: Aldus Manutius 15 July 1498.
ARISTOPHANES (c.450 - c.385 B.C .). Comoediae Novem , in Greek. With the Scholia. Edited by Marcus Musurus (c.1470-1517). Venice: Aldus Manutius 15 July 1498. Super-chancery 2° (293 x 201mm). Collation: [1] 8 (1r title in Greek and Latin with list of plays, 1v-8v preliminary texts including letters by Aldus and Musurus, and a life of the author); a-? 8 d 10 ( Plutus , d10v blank); e-?8 ?10 ( Nebulae , ?7v-8 blank, Ranae ); p-? 8 f 6 ( Equites ); ?-? 8 A-E 8 Z 6 ( Acharnes , Vespae ); H-? 8 M 4 ( Aves ); N-O 8 ? 10 ( Pax ); P-S 8 T 6 ( Contionantes , T4v-5r sheet register, T5v quire register, colophon, T6 blank). 347 (of 348, without final blank) leaves. Mostly 41-42 lines of commentary surrounding varying numbers of lines of text. Types: 1:146Gk (text), 7:114Gk (commentary), 2:114R (title, dedication, etc.). Woodcut floral and interlaced headpieces and initials, 3-line initial spaces with guide-letters. First leaf ruled in red. (Title trimmed to text page and window-mounted, marginal section of 4 preliminary leaves replaced, effecting a few letters, ?2.7 browned, contemporary fingerprint smudge on ?4, occasional small stain.) 18th-century calf, red edges (rebacked). Provenance : [Richard Porson (1759-1808; professor at Cambridge, attribution on flyleaf assigning the verse numbering to him; sold Sotheby’s, 21 November 1989, lot 8)] – J. Bailey, Trinity College Cambridge, 1 Jan. 1812 (flyleaf inscription) – H.P. Gurney, Clare College, Cambridge, 19 Feb. 1887 (bibliographical note on flyleaf) – bookplate with name deleted – Livio Ambrogio (bookplate). RICHARD PORSON’S COPY OF THE EDITIO PRINCEPS of nine of Aristophanes' eleven extant comedies. Aldus had intended to include a tenth play, Lysistrata , but was unable to find a manuscript containing the complete text. Having hitherto concentrated his printing of Greek on philosophical and grammatical texts, Aldus turned to printing fine literature with this production of Aristophanes. As he reminds the reader in his dedicatory letter to Daniele Clario, professor of Greek and Latin at Ragusia, Dalmatia, Theodore Gaza, when asked which Greek authors it would be most profitable for learners to read, answered: 'only Aristophanes'. From the collection of Richard Porson, Regius Professor of Greek at Cambridge. His extensive library was sold in 1809, when a large part was acquired by Trinity College, Cambridge. His elegant Greek script formed the basis of a typefount, Porson Greek, which is 'the most commonly printed font for classical Greek text in the English-speaking world' (ODNB); he added verse-numbering to the present volume. Porson’s notes and emendations on Aristophanes were published posthumously in 1820. HC *1656; BMC V, 559 (IB. 24467-70); GW 2333; IGI 790; Renouard Alde p.16; Sander 580; Essling 1163; Goff A-958.
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