Comoediae undecim, Graece et Latine
Amsterdam: Thomas Fritsch, 1710. Hardcover. [10], xxviii, 580p, [58], 324p. Contemporary calf rebacked with a new spine and the edges on the front board repaired, but with some wear to the edges of the rear boards. Edited by Ludolf Kuster (1670-1716) and includes the whole of the Greek scholia with a metrical version in a column parallel to the text. Includes Richard Bentley's notes on p319-324. Monk p152 writes that "Bentley gave Kuster good counsel relative to the undertaking.and not only transmitted a collation of Lysistrata, along with some unpublished Greek Scholia, which he had copied from Vossius manuscripts'. Sandys p445-447. Ebert #1092 A new recension after 9 MSS though he offers some criticism of the scholia. Hoffmann p255-256. Moss p 94-95; Bartholomew & Clark #143. Some general spotting throughout otherwise good copy of a rather scarce edition. From the Library of the classical scholar and playwriter Sir Richard Paul Jodrell (1745-1831) with bookplate. Very Good. Item #7549
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