P. Terentii Carthaginensis Afri Comoediae sex. . Interpretatione et notis illustravit Nicolaus Camus, J.U.D. Jussu christianissimi regis, in usum serenissimi Delphini.
Terence (c.190-159 BC)
Category
Books
Date
1675
Materials
Place of origin
France
Collection
Chirk Castle, Wrexham
NT 3038217
Summary
Bibliographic description
[166],710,[120]p., [1] leaf of plates . ill.. . 4to.. Previous shelfmark: K.4.2. Printed presentation leaf bound-in before frontispiece (with manuscript text): 'Ingenuo magnae que spei adolescenti,' "Iacobo De Vrye" (ms.) 'Propter insignes in artibus humanioribus progressus, praemium hoc litterarium, virtutis & honoris ergo, IV viri scholae Gaudanae constituendae donarunt, cum ex classe' "secunda" (ms.) 'in classem' "primam" (ms.) proveheretur, habito examine mense' "quintit" (ms.) 'M DC LXXXVIII' [three manuscript signatures] 'Me gymnasii publici rectore,' "Ant. Fabre" (ms.). Identified in 1796 inventory: Q 136, price 16s. Christie's, 21 June 2004, lot 652.. Provenance: Bookplate: Robert Myddelton Esqr of Chirk Castle Denbigh shr [i.e. Robert Myddelton (1678-1733)]; Jacobean armorial. Franks 21461.. Binding: Seventeenth-century vellum binding; double gilt fillet border; gilt armorial centrepiece stamp (shield with two vertical rows of 3 stars flanking central vine; lion supporters, crown) of Gouda University[?]. Gilt fleur-de-lys stamps on spine, and manuscript spine title: "Terentii Comediae". Pair of holes in each board for ties (missing).
Makers and roles
Terence (c.190-159 BC) Nicolas Camus (1610 - 1677) Frédéric Léonard