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Amstelodami [ Amsterdam ]: Ex Typographia Blaviana, sumptibus Societatis M DC LXXXIV. [1684], 1684. New Edition . Hardcover. Very Good Plus. 8vo. Engraved Title-page. AMSTERDAM : 1684. Hardback. Volume 1 of 2. Engraved title-page. Contemporary brown full calf-leather. Decorative gilt spine; raised bands. Original gilt lettered red label. Bright, tight and clean. Red label slightly chipped; gilt lettering all present. Minor wear only. In nice original binding. Paper and printing remarkably fresh and clean. (xxiv), 624. Referenced by: CLC P1154. CONTENTS: Tome 1. Amphitruonis. Asinaria. Aulularia. Captivei. Curculio. Casina. Cistellaria. Epidicus. Bacchides. Mostellaria. Menaechmei. TITUS MACCIUS PLAUTUS (254-184 BC), commonly known as Plautus, was a Roman playwright of the Old Latin period. His comedies are the earliest Latin literary works to have survived in their entirety. He wrote Palliata comoedia, the genre devised by the innovator of Latin literature, Livius Andronicus. The word 'Plautine'…
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