Item 1 - Terentii Afri … Comoediae

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IE CA KK/10/1

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Terentii Afri … Comoediae

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  • 1552 (Accumulation)

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[2], 776, [38] p.: ill.; (fol.); 31 cm x 21.5 cm; Initials; italic type

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Date: 1552
Author: Terence (195/185-159 BC), [var. Publius Terentius Afer]
Publisher: Parisiis, Apud Ioannem de Roigny
Full title: 'P. Terenti Afri poetae lepidissimi, Comœdiæ: Andria, Evnvchvs, Heavtontimorvmenos, Adelphi, Hecyra, Phormio: ex emendatissimis ac fide dignissimis codicibus summa diligentia castigatæ, versibus in suas dimensiones restitutis, ac variis lectionibus in margine appositis ...: omnium quæ in his interpretum commentariis explicantur, index locupletissimus'.
Physical description: Text surrounded by commentary. The commentators are Philipp Melanchthon, Desiderius Erasmus, Antonius Goveanus, Julius Caesar Scaliger, Vittore Fausto, Pietro Bembo, Aelius Donatus, Giovanni Calfurnio, Adriaan van Baerland, Bartholomaeus Latonius, Pietro Marso, Johann Rivius, Etienne Dolet, Henricus Glareanus, Joannes Theodoricus Bellovacensis and Jodocus Willich; numerous small woodcuts, some repeated, within text (R. Brun, 'Le Livre illustré en France au XVIe siècle', p. 310).

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  • Latin

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Bound in later (partially disintegrated) boards tied with chord. The text block is exposed and brittle. The title page is missing and some pages are loose. The pages are frayed at the edges. Extreme care should be taken when handling this volume.

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Manuscript annotation on verso of front cover reads: ‘Thomas Bibby, St Canice’s, Kilkenny’. A very faded annotation is extant on the inside cover: ‘bought at the [indecipherable]. With manuscript note attached: ‘Centuries old Latin volume, the property of scholar Fr. Albert Bibby OSFC’.

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