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TERENCE (d. 159 BC). Publii Terentii Comoediae. Paris: Typographia Regia, 1642. Large folio (368 x 241 mm). Half–title (repaired), engraved title by Claude Mellan, historiated engraved initial and head–piece. [Bound with:] JUVENAL (b. 55 AD). D. Ivinii Ivvenalis Satyrae. Paris: Typographia Regia, 1644. Engraved device to title, historiated engraved initial and head–piece, engraved colophon device. Contemporary full calf (rebacked) framed in alternating tools of palmettes, acorns, and scallops, raised bands, red leather spine label gilt, handsome marbled endpapers (several gatherings toned or with spotting near margins). Provenance: Henry Crabb (bookplate). One of the finest specimens of the art of printing in the time of Louis XIV. From the private library of a prominent Chicago collector, part II.