Plautus, Titus Maccius — Classic literature, Prize binding 1684 I Comoediae. Accedit commentaries ex variorum notis & observationibus Joh. Frederici Gronovi. Amsterdam, Blaviana (Bleau), 1684 [2 parts in 1 volume], [24]+624 pp.

Parchment ‘prijsband’ (prize binding; a book that was awarded to students who conducted outstanding performances) with the city arms of Rotterdam on the front and back. The book was awarded to Albertus van der Sporre at his promotion from second to third grade of the Erasmium at Rotterdam, dd 13-10-1699, signed by the rector Joh. Silvenius.First part with engraved title page by P. Phil[ippe], second part with printer’s mark “Indefessus agendo” on typographical title page. Very good copy.This book contains all of the preserved comedies by the Latin poet Titus Maccius Plautus (before 250 – 184 BC). He has probably written more than these twenty comedies, but there’s little to nothing preserved of these plays. All comedies are based on Greek plays, but adapted to the Roman uses and conditions. The first edition of this version by Gronovius appeared first in 1664 with Hackius at Leiden.ZKL0066