Plautus, Titus Maccius, Comoediae. 1512. 8°. Paris: Guillaume Le Rouge, for Denis Roce.

1512

Plautus, Titus Maccius.

[Comoediae.]

M. Plauti ... Comoediae luculentissimae ... nuper recognitae a ... Symone charpentario.

[Paris]: Veneunt apud Dionysium Roce [pr. by G. Le Rouge], [c. 1512].

8°: a b–z & ʔ [mis-signed ‘ꝝ’] ꝝ ₵⁸ ã⁴; A–Y AA–KK⁸.

Printed in Paris for Denis Roce with the typographical material of Guillaume Le Rouge.

Roce’s ‘Ad lectores’ states that Simon Charpentier persuaded him to have the book printed in italics by Le Rouge: ‘comoedias Italico charactere imprimi apud Guillelmum le rouge nobis persuasit’.

Charpentier edited other works for Le Rouge and Roce in 1512, date confirmed by the state of Roce’s device.

Signature pattern: ‘$i’–‘$ii’.

Catchword pattern: none.

Types: It4 (79mm); It1 (118mm; leaded to 138).

Initials: 28; space and guide letters; caps of It1.

Devices: Renouard 1005 (D. Roce); Renouard 1006 (D. Roce).

Illustrations: fleur de lys of G. Le Rouge.

Adams P1482.

Inventaire chronologique 1512, no. 430.

Monceaux no. 53.

[IS000441]

G.9616/9617.