Shelfmark
Fc.7.15
Author
Collective uniform title
Comedies.
Title
Terentii aphri poete comicorum elegantissimi Comedie a Guidone iuuenale familiariter explicate una cum explantionibus Jodoci Badii Ascensii auspicato ad hibitis.
Publication, distribution, etc.
Impresse Rothomagi : in officina Johanni mauditier in vico spirioli impensa et ere iohanni Ricardi mercatoris iuxta sacellum diui nicholai commorantis, [after 1502?]
Physical description
[581] p. ; 4to.
Note
Title page printed in red and black.
Note
Woodcut initials.
Note
Initial "T" of Terence in title depicts Christ as Salvator Mundi, set slightly askew.
Note
Woodcut printer's device on t.p., showing a maiden and a unicorn supporting the device of Jean Ricard on a shield.
Note
Main text surrounded by commentary in smaller type.
Citation/references note
USTC, 112728
Citation/references note
French Vernacular Books, 88119
Citation/references note
Lawton, Térence en France au XVIe siècle (1926), 133
Citation/references note
ISTC, it00105560.
Provenance
Booklabel of John Reynolds, recording donation to Eton College.
Provenance
Ownership inscription on p. [49]: "Jhon Sugar of wombourne in ye countie of".
Provenance
Ownership inscription on t.p. verso, beginning "Thys boky ys myne...". The top of the page has been torn and the name itself is illegible.
Binding
18th century English brown quarter sheep; boards covered with light blue paper; gold tooled decorative roll on spine; traces of a spine label, now detached; five raised bands.
Copy-specific note
Previous shelfmarks: Fc.4.8 and Fc.7.16.
Copy-specific note
Extensive annotation in a 16th century hand, including interlinear notes on main text.
Subject
Subject
Latin drama (Comedy) Early works to 1800.
Added entry--name
Jouenneaux, Guy, ? - d. 1507 editor.
Added entry--name
Badius, Josse, 1462 - 1535 editor.
Added entry--name
Mauditier, Jean publisher.
Added entry--name
Ricard, Jean printer.
Added entry--name
Reynolds, John, 1671 - 1758 former owner.
Added entry--place
France Rouen
Identifier
B28305