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Terence (c.190-159 BC)
Category
Books
Date
1701
Materials
Place of origin
Cambridge
Collection
Felbrigg, Norfolk
NT 3233370
Summary
Bibliographic description
[4], 520 p., [1] leaf of plates : ill. ; 4to. Provenance: eighteenth-century Jacobean armorial bookplate (Franks 32206), lettered: William Windham Esquire [i.e. either William Windham II (1717-1761) or William Windham III (1750-1810)]. Former Felbrigg shelfmark in pencil: L6 (crossed-out). Binding: eighteenth-century full sprinkled calf; sewn on six sewing supports; double gilt fillet border with gilt floral cornerpiece stamps; gilt roll pattern on board edges; gold-tooled spine, lettered 'Terentii'; blue and red sprinkled textblock edges; comb pattern marbled pastedowns.
Makers and roles
Terence (c.190-159 BC), author John Leng (1665-1727) Bishop of Norwich, editor Jan Goeree (Middelburg 1670 - Amsterdam 1731), artist Baptist, Jacobus, fl. 1697-1728, engraver (printmaker)