Shelfmark
Bd.5.03 (Copy 1)
Additional shelfmark
Fp.8.20 (Copy 2)
Additional shelfmark
Go.3.06 (Copy 3)
Author
Uniform title
[Aesop's fables. Latin]
Collective uniform title
Works
Title
Publii Terentii Afri comoediae, Phaedri fabulae Aesopiae, Publii Syri et aliorum veterum sententiae, ex recensione et cum notis Richardi Bentleii.
Varying form of title
Aisōpou mythoi
Publication, distribution, etc.
Cantabrigiae : Apud Cornelium Crownfield. Veneunt & Londini apud Jacobum Knapton, Robertum Knaplock, Paulum Vaillant, MDCCXXVI. [1726]
Physical description
[7], XXV, 444; [8], 87 p., [1] p. of plates : port. ; 26 cm. (4to)
Note
Both the comedies of Terence and Phaedrus' fables have their own letterpress title-pages, with imprint "Cantabrigiae, Typis Academicis, impensis Cornelii Crownfield, MDCCXXVI".
Note
Large paper issue.
Note
Engraved frontispiece of Frederick, Prince of Wales, the dedicatee.
Note
With an additional letterpress titlepage: "Publii Terentii Afri comoediae. Recensuit .. Cantabrigiae, typis academicis, impensis Cornelii Crownfield, MDCCXXVI".
Note
Titlepage to 2nd part: "Phaedri Augusti liberti fabularum Aesopiarum .. ". The imprint is the same as the letterpress titlepage; with separate pagination and register.
Citation/references note
ESTC, T147529
Provenance
Copy 1: Bookplate of Eton College.
Provenance
Copy 1: Topham stamp; bequeathed to Eton by Richard Topham in 1736.
Provenance
Copy 2: Inscription on front flyleaf: J. Briggs. The gift of the Rev:d Joseph Goodall. Eton College. 1790.
Provenance
Copy 2: Inscription on front flyleaf: This book was presented to Eton College Library by the Revd R. Okes. June 1840.
Provenance
Copy 2: Armorial bookplate of Eton College.
Provenance
Copy 3: Ms. notes on second front flyleaf: "E[x] libris Henric: J. Coleridge Coll. Trin. Oxon. Oct: xxix. 1841."; "J. T. Coleridge [?] Oct. 1857"; "The Revᵈ Frederick. John. Coleridge from his affectionate uncle. March 15. 1870".
Binding
Copy 1: 18th century calf.
Binding
Copy 2: 18th-century sprinkled calf; gold tooled spring and roll on board edges; gold tooled single fillet and roll decoration on spine, together with urn and bird device in top compartment; red morocco spine labels with gold tooled letters; red sprinkled edges; marbled endpapers; five raised bands.
Binding
Copy 3: 19th-century speckled calfskin over millboards. Covers undecorated. Spine with five raised bands, decorated with gilt tools, double fillets, and titling over red label ("Terentius Bentleii"). Textblock trimmed and sprinkled red. Endpapers of undecorated wove paper (pastedowns and two flyleaves at both ends of the textblock).
Copy-specific note
Copy 1: Previous shelfmark: Bb.4.1.
Copy-specific note
Copy 2: List written on second flyleaf, possibly of alternative editions of Terence.
Copy-specific note
Copy 2: Previous shelfmark: Ao.2.6.
Copy-specific note
Copy 3: Some ms. notes to Andria.
Copy-specific note
Copy 3: Ms. note sheet inserted between p. 184-185, entitled "Bentley on the metres of Terence".
Subject
Comedies Early works to 1800.
Added entry--name
Phaedrus Fabulae.
Added entry--name
Added entry--name
Bentley, Richard, 1662 - 1742 editor.
Added entry--name
Topham, Richard, 1671 - 1730 former owner.
Added entry--name
Crownfield, Cornelius, ? - -1743 printer.
Added entry--name
Knapton, James, ? - -1738 bookseller.
Added entry--name
Knaplock, Robert, ? - -1737 bookseller.
Added entry--name
Vaillant, Paul, 1671 or 2 - 1738 bookseller.
Added entry--place
England Cambridge.
Language code
lat
Identifier
B9498