1727 TERENCE COMEDIES POETRY antique Comodiae Publius Terentius Afer

  Terence. Comodiae. Recensuit, Notasque Suas et Gabrielis Faerni addidit Richardus Bentleius, editio altera ... Amsterdam, 17272 vols. in oneportrait and 2 others plates, half title, title in red and black; later gilt-ruled and blind-decorated calf, gilt-ruled and decorated panelled spine, Size 8 by 10"Text in LatinVery good condition of binding, some faded dampstains in text  =============================Publius Terentius Afer (c.?195/185 – c.?159? BC), better known in English as Terence, was a Roman African playwright during the Roman Republic. His comedies were performed for the first time around 170–160 BC. Terentius Lucanus, a Roman senator, brought Terence to Rome as a slave, educated him and later on, impressed by his abilities, freed him. Terence abruptly died, around the age of 25, likely in Greece or on his way back to Rome, due to shipwreck or disease.  He was supposedly on his way to explore and find more plots to base his comedies on. His plays were heavil