P. Terentii Comoediae sex, . tum ex Donati commentariis, tum ex optimorum, praesertim veterum, exemplarium collatione, diligentius qum̀ vnquam antehac, emendatae. Aelii Donati antiquissimi & celeberrimi gra[m]matici, aliorúmque veteru[m] in easde[m], quicunque extant, co[m]me[n]tarii ex veteri codice manu descripto, Graecis etia[m] repositis, accurate castigati. Calphurnii in tertia[m] comoediam doctissima interpretatio. Indicata sunt diligentius carminum genera, & in his incidentes difficultates, correcta quaedam & consulum nomina, ídque studio & opera Des. Erasmi Roterodami, non sine praesidio veterum exemplarium. Eorum, quae in commentariis sparsim annotata sunt, index amplissimus.
Terence (c.190-159 BC)
Category
Books
Date
1541 - 1542
Materials
Place of origin
France
Collection
Chirk Castle, Wrexham
NT 3038752
Summary
Bibliographic description
621,[31]p. . 4to.. Previous shelfmark: K.3.4. Small hole in title page with loss of some text, which has been supplied in manuscript on repair paper. Foot of colophon leaf torn and repaired. Identified in 1796 inventory: Q 142, price 2s. 6d. Christies, 21 June, lot 652.. Provenance: Bookplate: Chirk Castle R. E. Myddelton [i.e. Robert Edward Myddelton (1866-1949)]; crest, signed and dated: W.P.B. 1914.. Binding: Eighteenth-century russet-stained calf binding; double blind fillet border, with blind cornerpiece stamps; gilt roll on board edges; gold-tooled spine.
Makers and roles
Terence (c.190-159 BC) Giovanni Calfurnio (d.1503) Aelius Donatus Desiderius Erasmus (1466-1536) Robert Estienne (1503-1559)