ARISTOPHANE

First edition of the modern transposition in French by Jean Vilar, one of 10 lettered copies on pur fil du Marais paper, the only large paper copies.
A very good copy.

[ARISTOPHANES PLAYS], (245x338mm), [12], 571, [1 blank], [24] p.
Froben's first Greek edition of Aristophanes' plays, with extensive comment, edited by the Bohemian scholar Sigismundus Gelenius, based on the Aldine princeps edition. It even includes the original preface by Marcus Musurus, as Gelenius had been a pupil of Mursus.
Soft vellum binding, manuscript spine title, contemporary binding. Spine and boards browned and soiled. Ownership inscription cut out at foot of title page. Scattered foxing, numerous contemporary annotations in pen and pencil.
Decorated with woodcut initials and headpieces. Froben's fine printer's device, designed by the famous Hans Holbein