Author
Terence
Uniform title
Works. 1701
Title
Publii Terentii Afri Comoediæ : ad optimorum exemplarium fidem recensitae. Accesserunt variae lectiones, quae in libris MSS. & eruditorum commentariis notatu digniores occurrunt..
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Portion of title: Comoediae
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Added title page title: Terentii Comediae
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Publii Terentii Afri Comoediae
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Portion of title: Comoediæ
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Terentii Comoediæ
Imprint
Cantabrigiæ, : Typis academicis, impensis Jacobi Tonson Bibliopolæ Londin., MDCCI. [1701]
Physical description
[4], 520 p., [1] leaf of plates : ill. ; 29 cm (4to)
Note
Signatures: pi² A-3T⁴.
Note
Edited by John Leng, afterwards Bishop of Norwich.
Note
Added engraved title-page (plate), featuring three putti playing above a bust of Terence (which sits on a plinth in a classical gallery, admired by crowds); titled: 'Terentiii Comediæ'; signed: 'J. Goree delinea: J. Babtist sculp:'.
Citation/references note
ESTC, T137034
Citation/references note
McKenzie, D.F. Cambridge Univ. Press, 1696-1712, no. 10
Reproduction note
Microfilm. Woodbridge, CT Research Publications, Inc., 1986. 1 reel ; 35mm. (The Eighteenth Century ; reel 3739, no. 07).
Provenance
Armorial bookplate of Thomas Vernon on verso of title page.
Provenance
Armorial bookplate of Reverend Herbert Hawes, with address “Rollestone Street, Salisbury.”.
Provenance
Salisbury Cathedral Library bookplate (19th century) with 13th-century Dean and Chapter seal and inscription “Sarum Cathedral Library.”
Binding
18th-century sprinkled and mottled brown calf (partially stained a darker brown) over boards; blind rolls and fillets forming three concentric rectangular frames on boards, in "Cambridge panel design", with blind stamps at outer corners of middle frame; spine with six raised bands and gilt tooling; spine label with "Terentius"; gilt roll around board edges; text block edges sprinkled red.
Subject
Literature, Classical.
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Leng, John, 1665-1727 editor.
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Goeree, Jan, 1670-1731 illustrator.
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Feret, Jean Baptiste, 1664?-1739 engraver.
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Tonson, Jacob, 1656?-1736 publisher.
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Vernon, Thomas, 18th century? former owner.
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Hawes, Herbert, -1837 former owner.
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Cambridge University Press printer.
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England Cambridge.
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England London.
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