P. Terentii Afri poetae lepidissimi Comoediae : Andria, Eunuchus, Heautontimorumenos, Adelphi, Hecyra, Phormio : ex emendatissimis ac fide dignissimis codicibus summa diligentia castigatae, versibus in suas dimensiones restitutis, ac variis lectionibus in margine appositis : elenchum interpretum, qui in has comoedias doctè simul & eruditè scripserunt, proxima subinde pagina demonstrabit : quid vltra superiores omneis editiones, huic nostrae debeant cupidi Terentianarum comoediarum lectores, auersa pagina indicabit : omnium quae in his interpretum commentariis explicantur, index locupletissimus.

Author/creator Terence
Format Book
Publication InfoParisiis : Apud Ioannem de Roigny, in via Iacobaea, sub insigni quatuor Elementorum, 1552.
Description4 unnumbered pages, 776 pages, 40 unnumbered pages : illustrations ; 33 cm (folio)
Subjects

Other author/creatorMelanchthon, Philip, 1497-1560. https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJqQtH68krrpJcG6Tt8cT3
Other author/creatorPrévost, Benoît, -approximately 1562 printer. https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PCjwYdgy7Hdf483mpkW69pd
Other author/creatorRoigny, Jean de, active 1529-1566, publisher. https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PCjD78dThcc6q84vkvTt64y
Other author/creatorDolet, Etienne, 1509-1546, writer of added commentary.
Other author/creatorErasmus, Desiderius, -1536, writer of added commentary.
Other author/creatorScaligero, Giulio Cesare, 1484-1558, writer of added commentary.
Other author/creatorWillich, Jodocus, 1501-1552 writer of added commentary.
Included WorkTerence. Heauton timorumenos.
Uniform titleWorks. 1552
Portion of title Comoediae
Contents Andria -- Eunuchus -- Heautontimorumenos -- Adelphi -- Hecyra -- Phormio.
Local noteJoyner Rare copy lacking leaf 2Y⁶ (blank). Blind-tooled decorated leather boards with gilt title on spine and gilt edges. Lacking clasps.
General noteText of Terence in verse; notes and commentaries in prose. Text surrounded by commentary by Melanchthon, Erasmus, J. C. Scaliger, Etienne Dolet, Jodocus Willich, and others.
General noteColophon: "Parisiis : Excudebat Benedictus Preuotius via Frementella, sub insigni Stellae aureae, ad clausum Brunellum, impensis Ioannis de Roigny, decimoseptimo calendas Decembris, anno 1551."
General noteCaption title on p. 3: "Argumenta Philippi Melanchthonis in Publii Terentii comoedias."
General noteSignatures: pi² a-z⁶ A-2Y⁶.
General noteInitials; printed marginal notes; woodcut illustrations.
General notePrinted primarily in double columns; some pages with 3 columns.
General noteWith a life of the author: pages 36-37, and printed marginalia.
General notePage 311 misnumbered 3011.
General noteIncludes index.
General noteFirst issue of this edition. There is a 2nd issue of this edition with colophon dated "ipsis calendis Ianuarii [1 January], anno 1552."
References Adams, H.M. Catalogue of books printed on the continent of Europe, 1501-1600, in Cambridge libraries, T341
Acquisitions source Joyner Rare copy purchased from Leland Little Auctions, 4/26/2024