Shelfmark
Fc.4.08
Author
Collective uniform title
Works. 1552.
Title
P. Terentii Afri poetae lepidissimi, Comoediae, Andria, Eunuchus, Heautontimorumenos, Adelphi, Hecyra, Phormio, ex emendatissimis ac fide dignissimis codicibus summa diligentia castigatæ, versibus in suas dimensiones restitutis, ac variis lectionibus in margine appositis. Elenchum interpretum, qui in has comoedias doctè simul & eruditè scripserunt, proxima subinde pagina demonstrabit. Quid vltra superiores omneis editiones, huic nostræ debeant cupidi Terentianarum comoediarum lectores, auersa pagina indicabit. Omnium quæ in his interpretum commentariis explicantur, index locupletissimus.
Varying form of title
Portion of title: Comoediae
Publication, distribution, etc.
Parisiis, : Apud Ioannem de Roigny, in via Iacobæa, sub insigni quatuor elementorum., 1552.
Physical description
[4], 776, [40] p. : ill. ; fol.
Note
Text surrounded by commentary, by 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.
Note
Colophon: "Parisiis, excudebat Benedictus Preuotius via Frementella, sub insigni Stellæ aureæ, ad clausum Brunellum, impensis Ioannis de Roigny, decimoseptimo calendas Decembris, anno 1551."
Note
Includes index.
Note
With numerous small woodcut illustrations throughout; criblé initials; printed marginalia.
Note
Text printed in double and sometimes triple columns.
Citation/references note
Adams, T341
Provenance
Armorial bookplate of Eton College.
Provenance
Armorial bookplate of Edward Waddington.
Binding
17th century French red morocco; gold tooled boards with ornate rolled border and fleur de lys semé; gold tooled roll along board edges; spine with gold tooled fleur de lys semé and letters; six raised bands; gilt edges; marbled pastedowns.
Copy-specific note
Previous shelfmark: Fc.4.15.
Copy-specific note
16th century ms. annotations; some sections of the plays have been interlineated with a translation into French.
Copy-specific note
Verso of final page bears a 16th century portrait in coloured pencil of a gentleman in a hat with a red feather, bearing the name Philippe de Cossa---[?]. The image has been pasted over, but visible with a light behind.
Subject
Latin drama (Comedy) Early works to 1800
Added entry--name
Prévost, Benoît, ? - d. ca. 1562 printer.
Added entry--name
Roigny, Jean de, fl. 1529 - 1566 printer.
Added entry--name
Waddington, Edward, 1670 or 71 - 1731 former owner.
Added entry--place
France Paris.
Identifier
B28025