‎ARISTOPHANES.‎
‎Comoediae undecim, graece et latine, ex Codd. Mss. emendatae: Cum Scholiis Antiquis, inter quae scholia lysistratem ex Cod. Vossiano nunc primum in lucem prodeunt. Accedunt Notae Virorum Doctorum in omnes Comoedias" inter quas nunc primum eduntur Isaa...‎

‎Bound in a fine cont. full calf with richly gilt back, 7 raised bands and red titlelabel. Both covers richly gilt, with two rectangular gilt borders inside eachother and inside the smallest, a large gilted centerpiece consisting of a crown and the godess over whom the inscription: ""Pallas Minerva Sospitatrix Urbium"". Front-hinge loosening, leather at back-hinge cracking, but not loose. Corners a bit bumped. Title in red/ blackwith engraved vignette. (12),XXVIII,580,(59) pp. Margins sometimes with single pencil-signs. Otherwise internally fine. Greek and latin text. With engraved bookplate of William Arthur Sixth - Duke of Portland - K.G.‎

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‎Brunet I:453: ""Cette belle édition, que recommandent ses notes savantes, a été longtemps fort recherchée..."" Dibdin pp. 299-300: ""This excellent edition, emphaticaly called ""Editio Optima,"" contains, for the first time, some new scholia on the ""Lysistrato" some notes of Isaac Casaubon on the Equites" and of Spanheim and Bentley on a few of the earlier plays. P. 299, note: Ludolph Kuster, the editor of this magnificent work...""‎