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PLAUTE, (PLAUTUS), Comédies. Tome III. Cistellaria - Curculio - Epidicus.Texte établi et traduit par A. Ernout. Les Belles Lettres, Paris, 1935. 13,14-166(x2)p. Original blue cloth. Spine a bit discoloured. Page 157/58 loose. Signature on free endpaper. Series: Budé. € 14.50 (Antiquarian)

PLAUTE, (PLAUTUS), Comédies. Tome IV. Menaechmi - Mercator - Miles gloriosus. Texte établi et traduit par A. Ernout. Les Belles Lettres, Paris, 1936. 12,13-275(x2),276-280. Original blue gold stamped cloth. Signature on free endpaper. Series: Budé. € 17.50 (Antiquarian)

PLAUTE, (PLAUTUS), Comédies. Tome IV. Menaechmi - Mercator - Miles gloriosus. Texte établi et traduit par A. Ernout. Les Belles Lettres, Paris, 1963. 12,13-275(x2),276-280. Sewn. Plasticized. A few pen annotations till p.25. Series: Budé. € 10.00 (Antiquarian)

PLAUTI, T. MACCI, (PLAUTUS), Trinummus. With Notes and Introductions intended for the higher forms of public schools by C.E. Freeman and A. Sloman. Clarendon Press, Oxford, 1883. XXIV,123p. Cloth. Head and tail spine as well as corners a little bit worn. Cover a little bit scratched. Signatures on first pages. Pencil annotations in text parts and a few light pen markings. From the library of the late Prof. W. Geoffrey Arnott. € 9.00 (Antiquarian)

PLAUTI, T. MACCI, (PLAUTUS), Miles gloriosus. Edited with an Introduction and Notes by M. Hammond, A.M. Mack and W. Moskalew. Oxford University Press / Harvard University Press, London / Cambridge (Mass.), 1963. X,202p. Cloth wrps. Nice copy. 'The Introduction occupies some 60 pages, roughly one third of the book. this opens with a short survey of Greek Drama and Roman Comedy, and a section on 'Stage and Production'; next comes a section on metres, another on 'Language' (including prosody, poetic devices, constructions and grammatical forms), some pages on the text tradition of Plautus, and a fairly wide-ranging list of 'Bibliographical Suggestions'. (...) the editors have devoted much care, both in the Introduction and the notes, to metre and scansion, marking, unusually, every ictus. (...) The grammatical exegesis is often very full. (...) Thanks to the present editors undergraduates will now have accessible a thoroughly helpful and interesting commentary.' (W.A. LAIDLAW in The Journal of Roman Studies, 1964, p.241). € 18.50 (Antiquarian)

PLAUTI, T. MACCI, (PLAUTUS), Miles gloriosus. Edited with an Introduction and Notes by M. Hammond, A.M. Mack and W. Moskalew. Revised by M. Hammond. Harvard University Press, Cambridge (Mass.), 1970. 2nd rev.ed. X,208p. Original green cloth with dust wrps. Dust wrps to upper edge a little bit wrinkled. Small piece torn from inside dust wrps. Else fine. 'The Introduction occupies some 60 pages, roughly one third of the book. this opens with a short survey of Greek Drama and Roman Comedy, and a section on 'Stage and Production'; next comes a section on metres, another on 'Language' (including prosody, poetic devices, constructions and grammatical forms), some pages on the text tradition of Plautus, and a fairly wide-ranging list of 'Bibliographical Suggestions'. (...) the editors have devoted much care, both in the Introduction and the notes, to metre and scansion, marking, unusually, every ictus. (...) The grammatical exegesis is often very full. (...) Thanks to the present editors undergraduates will now have accessible a thoroughly helpful and interesting commentary.' (W.A. LAIDLAW on the first edition in The Journal of Roman Studies, 1964, p.241). € 20.00 (Antiquarian)

PLAUTUS / TERENZ, (PLAUTUS and TERENTIUS), Antike Komödien in zwei Bänden. 1. Band. 2. Band. Herausgegeben und mit einem Nachwort und anmerkungen versehen von W. Ludwig. Parkland Verlag, Stuttgart, 1974. 2 vols. 697,707-1451p. Original red cloth with pictorial dust wrps. Dust wrps plasticized. May require extra shipping costs: weight including packing from 1 - 2 Kg. € 20.00 (Antiquarian)

Plautus and CHRISTENSON, D. M., Plautus: Amphitruo. Cambridge University Press, 2000. 352p. Paperback. Series: Cambridge Greek and Latin Classics. Plautus' Amphitruo is the sole specimen of mythological burlesque in ancient comedy to come down to us in nearly complete form. This sex farce delighted Roman audiences and readers for centuries and continues to inspire adaptations to this day. Dr Christenson utilizes recent work in performance criticism in conjunction with traditional philological analysis to provide new insights into the play in performance. The edition aims to recover the essence of Plautine spectacle from the most concrete details of staging to the complex performative dynamics played out among the actors themselves and the actors and the audience. Included in the Introduction is an account of the mythic and dramatic background to Plautus' play as well as of its influence in post-classical drama. Plautus' metres are explained in a manner students will find helpful and instructive. Dr Christenson presents a new text that includes stage directions in English. (Publisher's information). € 32.76 (New) (MD)

Plautus and GRATWICK, A. S., Plautus: Menaechmi. Cambridge University Press, 1993. 288p. Paperback. Series: Cambridge Greek and Latin Classics. Menaechmi is one of Plautus' liveliest and most entertaining comedies, the main inspiration for Shakespeare's The Comedy of Errors. Dr Gratwick's edition brings new light to bear on the interpretation of the play and on Plautus' place in the development of European comedy. Central to his treatment is the fact that Plautus was a dramatist who wrote to be heard rather than to be read. The various metres which he subtly and flexibly exploited for musical and dramatic effect are here explained in a way that challenges many received views but also offers the student practical assistance in grappling with the technical problems involved both on stage and in performance. The text has been newly constituted on the basis of a complete reappraisal of the manuscript tradition in the light of scholarship since the Renaissance. (Publisher's information). € 31.54 (New) (MD)

Plautus and MACCARY, W. T. and WILLCOCK, M. M., Plautus: Casina. Cambridge University Press, 1976. 252p. Paperback. Series: Cambridge Greek and Latin Classics. Plautus' Casina is a lively and well composed farce. The plot, which concerns the competition of a father and his son for the same girl and the various scurrilous tricks employed in the process, gives full scope to Plautus' inventiveness and richly comic language. The editors' aim is to establish the play as one of the liveliest of ancient comedies, and in their introduction and notes to make the reader continually aware of the conditions of an actual stage performance. They discuss the background and conventions of Roman comedy and by offering a complete metrical analysis they help the reader to appreciate the original musical structure of the play. The edition is intended primarily for use by students at school and university but will be of value to anyone interested in reading the play in the original. (Publisher's information). € 32.76 (New) (MD)