The Comedies of Terence, . translated into familiar blank verse.
Terence (c.190-159 BC)
Category
Books
Date
1768
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Ham House, Surrey
NT 3028909
Summary
Bibliographic description
2v., plates . 8vo. Not indigenous. Provenance: Nineteenth-century (?) stamp on flyleaves: Robert Ffarington D.D. Inscriptions on v. 1 flyleaf: 1. Robt. Ffarington è Coll: An. Nas: Oxon:- 1781-. [Robert Ffarington or Farington (1760?-1841) of Leigh, Lancashire, matriculated at Brasenose College, Oxford 10 October 1777 aged 17; B.A. 1781; M.A. 1784; B.&D.D. 1803, rector of St. George's in the East, London, 1803-1841 (Foster, Alumni Oxonensis)]. 2. purchased at Baldock's October 1845. George Worthington Gent. Pencil marginalia in Worthington's hand. Bequeathed to the National Trust by Norman Norris (1917-1991). Inscribed on v. 1 flyleaf in Norris's hand: Last 1944 Đ1/3/3. Binding: Eighteenth-century tree calf over boards; gilt fillet; spine gilt; red and green spine labels with title 'Colman's Terence'; sewn on five raised bands.
Makers and roles
Terence (c.190-159 BC) George Colman (1732-1794)