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TERENTIUS AFER, Publius - Comoediae, nunc primum Italicis versibus redditae. Cum personarum figuris aeri accurate incisis ex Ms. Codice Bibliothecae Vaticanae. Urbino, H. Mainardus, 1736, folio, cont. sheep (rubbed), richly gilt spine (joints starting to split), marbl. endpapers, xxiv-324 pp. Exc., well-preserved copy.
Apparently very rare Latin edition of Terence with an Italian trsl. by Niccolo Fortiguerra (d. 1735). Engr. ills : arms of dedicatee (August III of Poland) on title, numerous head and tail pcs, over 150 text ills , i.a. the famous masks, gestures and types of Roman comedy taken from an old Vatican ms. Title in red & black. Text in 2 cols within double ruled border. Ref. Gamba 2470 ("magnifica edizione"). BnF (3). Not in BL.