Author: [Terence] Terentius Afer, Publius: (Bernard, Richard, trans.:)
Title: Terence in English. Fabulae comici facetissimi et elegantissimi poetae Terentii omnes Anglicae factae, et hac noua forma editæ.
Description: Cantabrigiae [Cambridge]: Ex Officina Iohannis Legat, 1607. Second Edition. 4to., pp. [ii], 455, [i], with the usual mispagination pp.336-355. Lacking the translator's dedication (6 leaves) at the start. Text in Latin and English. A little MS to title. Some light staining, tiny burn to pp.145-6 affecting a couple of letters, wax mark to p.201, last leaf toned and laid down. Later straight-grain Morocco with blind-tooled boards, rebacked with red and green spine labels. Spine has faded to a lighter colour, corners worn but still good. To front pastedown, armorial bookplate of Charles Mathews, plain bookplate of John Besemeres. To ffep, bookplate of Charles Vaughan with lion crest. The second edition of Richard Bernard's translation of Terence into English, first published in 1598. Bernard (1568-1642) was primarily a clergyman and author of religious works, including 'Isle of Man' (1627), which was his most famous book, but this translation was his first publication and was popular enough to see six editions in his lifetime. ESTC S118346.

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