Comoediae Sex. Interpretatione & Notis illustravit Nicolaus Camus, J.U.D., jussu Christianissimi Regis, in usum Serenissimi Delphini.
by Terence
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- Hardcover
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About This Item
Londini [London]: Typis T. Wood; Impensis Benj. Motte, 1792. 8vo, pp. [vi], cxxxviii, 288, [80]. Title-page in red and black. Contemporary calf, spine divided by raised bands, one compartment lettered in gilt on a black ground. Some soiling and spotting, title-page creased, one gathering slightly proud. Leather a bit scratched and marked, flyleaves excised. Various inscriptions and pen trials to title-page and pastedowns, modern bookplate. A scarce reprinting of the Delphin edition of Terence for the UK market. ESTC lists three copies in the UK (BL, Cambridge, National Trust) plus one in Berlin and two each in separate institutions in Illinois and Toronto. ESTC N19369.
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- Bookseller
- McNaughtan's Bookshop (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 5751
- Title
- Comoediae Sex. Interpretatione & Notis illustravit Nicolaus Camus, J.U.D., jussu Christianissimi Regis, in usum Serenissimi Delphini.
- Author
- Terence
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Typis T. Wood; Impensis Benj. Motte
- Place of Publication
- Londini [London]
- Date Published
- 1792
- Keywords
- Classics Latin
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