Comoediae [...] Accesserunt Variae Lectiones [...]
by Terence (P. Terentius Afer):
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About This Item
Cantabrigiae [Cambridge], Typis Academicis, Impensis Jacobi Tonson, 1701. 4to. pp. [iv], 520. Without engraved frontispiece. Some light browning/age-toning. Contemporary panelled calf, worn, spine gilt, joints cracked. Edited by Dr Leng, later bishop of Norwich. Tonsons four finely printed quarto editions of Horace, Virgil, Terence and Catullus were among the first works executed for the Cambridge University Press. They were certainly a milestone in the career of Tonson himself (he was soon planning the great Caesar of 1712) and set new standards for the English trade generally. Dibdin II, 473. Book
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- Bookseller
- Bryars and Bryars (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 3748
- Title
- Comoediae [...] Accesserunt Variae Lectiones [...]
- Author
- Terence (P. Terentius Afer):
- Book Condition
- Used
- Place of Publication
- Cantabrigiae [Cambridge], Typis Academicis, Impensis Jacobi Tonson
- Date Published
- 1701
- Bookseller catalogs
- Classical & Byzantine Literature & Philosophy;
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- Quarto
- The term quarto is used to describe a page or book size. A printed sheet is made with four pages of text on each side, and the...
- Spine
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- New
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- Calf
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- Cracked
- In reference to a hinge or a book's binding, means that the glue which holds the opposing leaves has allowed them to separate,...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...