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: London: printed by John Legatt, and are to be sold by Andrew Crooke, 1641. 1641. Sixth edition, corrected. 4to. in 8s, this copy heavily trimmed (17 x 13.5cm), pp. [viii], 428. Small woodcut to title-page, Latin text in a single column, with marginal notes; English translation in double columns. MS names and quotations to title and final leaf, some marginalia in an old hand. First 8 leaves and final leaf laid down on fine archival tissue, some stains and wax spots, close trimming occasionally touching pagination and signatures with half a line lost on p.169. Recent plain tan calf. A good copy. Contemporary signature of John Fossebrooke to title-page. The sixth 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), his most famous book, but this translation was his first publication and was popular enough to see six editions in his lifetime. ESTC R1627

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