Publii Terentii, Carthaginiensis Afri Comoediae Sex

by Friedrich Lindenbrog Terence, Johan Carl Zeun and Riegel

$95 · Offered by Eric Chaim Kline Bookseller

Nuremberg: Ex officina libraria Riegeliana, 1792. Hardcover. 12mo. 400 pp. Frontispiece with lovely b/w illustration from one of the scenes in the play. The author, Terence ca.190-159 B.C.E. , was a North African slave who was freed by his Roman master, became a renowned Roman playwright in his own time for his elegant and colloquial style of Latin. His Latin was studied in the Middle Ages and Renaissance times. His influence was felt for centuries, his work

• Binding: Hardcover

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