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Plautus, Titus Maccius, Gronovius, Joannes Fredericus, 1611-1671, Adams, John, 1735-1826, former owner. BRL, John Adams Library (Boston Public Library) BRL · 1684 · Amstelodami : Ex Typographia Blaviana · 12 pictures

This is a 1684 Amsterdam edition of the comedies of the Roman playwright Plautus, edited with a commentary gathered from various scholars and printed by the Blaeu press for classical scholars and students. The pictures are decorative woodcut initials, each a large letter framed by curling acanthus-style foliage, flowers and scrollwork, showing how a single capital could carry ornament.

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