Marci Actii Plauti linguae latinae principis Comoediae vigi[n]ti
Subtitle: viuis pene imaginibus rece[n]s excultae : nouissime ex collatio[n]e flore[n]tinae fidelioris i[m]pressionis [et] alio[rum] o[mn]ium q[ue] inueniri potueru[n]t affatim recognitae
By: una cu[m] lucule[n]tissimis co[m]mentariis Bernardi Saraceni, Ioa[n]nis Petri Uallae [et] Pyladis Brixiani ; nec no[n] obseruatio[n]ibus Pii Bononie[n]sis Ugoleti [et] Grapaldi scholia Anselmiq[ue] epiphillidib[us] ; adiecto insup[er] eleganti i[n]dice nu[n]c primu[m] excogitato, qui o[mn]ia grammaticalia o[mn]ia subobscura vocabula omnes fabulas [et] hystorias [et] quaeq[ue] digna cognitu alphabetice demonstrat
Contributors: Panaetius, Lucas; Saracenus, Bernardus, active 1500; Valla, Giovanni Pietro, active 1500; Pilade, Giovanni Francesco Boccardo, -1505; Pio, Giovanni Battista, -1540?; Grapaldi, Francisco Mario, approximately 1464-1515; Ugoleto, Taddeo, 1448-approximately 1513; Anselmo, Georgio; Sessa, Melchiorre, active 1506-1549, printer; Ravani, Pietro di, active 16th century, printer; Starr, Nathan Comfort, 1896-1981, former owner
Publisher: Per Melchiorem Sessam & Petru[m] de Raua[n]nis socios
Published: 1518
Place of publication: I[m]pressaeq[ue] Venetiis
Language: lat
Number of pages: 10
Subjects: Latin drama (Comedy); Early works to 1800; History and criticism
Other titles: Comoediae viginti
Work titles: Works
Notes: Imprint from colophon.

First ed. by Lucas Olchinensis of Plautus' comedies, with commentary by Bernardus Saracenus, Giovanni Pietro Valla, Pylades Brixianus (Giovanni Francesco Boccardo), Taddeo Ugoleto, Francesco Grapaldi, and the Italian humanist, Giorgio Anselmo, of Parma; edited by Lucas Olchinensis (Lucas Panaetius); cf. verso of leaf 2a₁.

Signatures:  2a¹⁰ a-z⁸ &⁸ [con]⁸ [rum]⁸ A-V⁸.

Woodcuts:  title vignette (Sessa cat-and-mouse device, above which is a crown flanked with the initials "M" and "S"); another Sessa device (white circle containing initials "M.S.", surmounted by a double cross) below colophon; white-on-black floriated initials; larger white historiated initials on black criblé background; 87 large (64 x 105 mm.) woodcuts throughout text, including repeats.   The woodcuts, three of which are signed with the initial "L", were created specifically for this edition, and depict real Italian theater performances, with historically accurate costumes and staging.

Title-page in red and black gothic type; text in roman type, surrounded on three sides by commentary in slightly smaller type; printed marginalia.

Adams, H.M. Catalogue of books printed on the continent of Europe, 1501-1600, in Cambridge libraries, P-1485

Sander 5750

Essling, V.M.  Livres à figures vénetiens, no. 1725

Proctor 13177

BM STC Italian, 1465-1600, p. 524