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PLAUTUS, Titus Maccius (254?-184 B.C.). Comoediae. Edited, with commentary, by Joannes Baptista Pius. Milan: Uldericus Scinzenzeler, 18 January 1500. Chancery 2° (304 x 215mm). Roman and some Greek type, initial spaces with guide-letter, 3 lines printed in red at head of AA2r. (Lacks first leaf.) Contemporary German blindstamped pigskin over wooden boards, clasps (extremities lightly rubbed, lower cover with score marks). Provenance: dense ink annotation throughout in an early hand -- early purchase inscription dated 1516 ('Emptus e ?Lencorii' dated 1516 in red ink at end) -- Erhardius Erlingo -- (inscription on front pastedown) Nicolaus Roth (inscription dated 1596 at front) -- two leaves of ?19th-century mss. inserted onto m1r. HC *13084; BMC VI, 775; BSB-Ink P-577; Goff P-785.