[Rarebooks] fa: TERENCE'S COMEDIES MADE ENGLISH 1724 - Laurence Echard & Roger L'Estrange

[Ardwight Chamberlain]

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Terence’s Comedies Made English, with His Life, and some Remarks at the End. By Mr. Laurence Echard, and Others. Revis’d and Corrected by Dr. Echard, and Sir R. L’Estrange. London: Printed by S. Palmer, for J. Knapton, R. Knaplock, J. and B. Sprint, D. Midwinter, A. Bettesworth, W. Taylor, W. and J. Innys, J. Osborn, W. Mears, R. Robinson, and S. Tooke, MDCCXXIV [1724]. The sixth edition; 12mo (16 cm); [2], xxvi, [2], 329, [1] pp.; additional engraved title-page/frontispiece. ESTC T137829.

Translations of the six surviving plays by Terence (Publius Terentius Afer): The Fair Andrian; The Eunuch; The Self-Tormentor; The Brothers; The Tricks of Phormio; The Mother-in-Law. Frontispiece with some chipping to the edges and an early owner's signature ("John Collins his book 1729"); text block toned, browned at the edges, a few corners bumped and creased, occasional light spotting.