Publii Terentii Carthaginiensis Afri, poëtae lepidissimi, Comoediae sex Anglo-Latinae. In usum ludi-discipulorum, quo felciùs venustatem linguae Latinae ad sermonem quotidianum exercendum assequantur. A Carolo Hoole A.M. L.C. Oxon. & scholae grammaticae moderatore, non ità procul à byrsâ regali apud Londinates. = . Six comedies of that excellent poet Publius Terentius, an African of Carthage, in English and Latine. For the use of young scholars, that they may the more readily attain the purity of the Latine tongue for common discourse. By Charles Hoole, near Lothbury Garden, London.
Terence (c.190-159 BC)
Category
Books
Date
1676
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Ickworth, Suffolk
NT 3095009
Summary
Bibliographic description
[4],395,[1]p. . 8vo. Provenance: Manuscript inscriptions on title page: "John Hervey" [probably John Hervey, later 1st Earl of Bristol (1665-1751)], and "Tho: & Isabella Hervey" [i.e. Sir Thomas Hervey (1625-1694) and his wife Isabella (1625-1686)]. Armorial bookplate on title page verso: The Right Honble. John Lord Hervey created Baron of Ickworth in Com. Suff. March the 23d. 1702. [i.e. John Hervey, later 1st Earl of Bristol (1665-1751)]. Marginalia and underscorings in pencil; according to Sydenham Hervey such "mysterious little pencil marks in the margins" are a sign of ownership by John Hervey, 1st Earl of Bristol (1665-1751).. Binding: Seventeenth-century blind-panelled calf binding; gilt roll on board edges. Rebacked in blind and gold-tooled calf. Red sprinkled edges.
Provenance
Part of the Bristol Collection. The house and contents were acquired through the National Land Fund and transferred to the National Trust in 1956
Makers and roles
Terence (c.190-159 BC) Charles Hoole (1610-1667)