Author: Giacomo Piccini (ca. 1617-ca.1669), Francesco Ruschi (fl. 1643-1661)
Title: [Antique title page, 1642] CORRECTISSIMVS P. TERENTIVS A. M ANT MORETO EMENDATVS VENETIIS MDCXLII, published 1642, 1 p.
Description: Frontispiece to a collection of works by Terentius, revised and corrected by the French humanist Marc Antoine Muret (1526-1585) (here Muretus).This edition was published by Giacomo Piccini in Venice in 1642. Beautiful allegorical title page of a 16° format book.Titled on the bottom left: 'CORRECTISSIMVS P. TERENTIVS A. M ANT MORETO EMENDATVS VENETIIS MDCXLII', signed on the bottom righ: 'F. Ruschi Inv.' and above on the right, on the tree: 'I. Pecini./ Vene. / Excudit'. Engraving on paper, trimmed within plate mark, pasted on laid paper and framed in black ink; total: 134 x 75 mm.

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