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Hardcover. Zustand: Good. School Edition . Uber-scarce exemplar of an important collection of six plays, there being no additional copies available currently on-line. Edition not stated, but apparently adapted by John Stirling for the use of and in schools. Bound sturdily in full leather, rubbed and abraded, a bit scuffed at spine head. Heavy rubbing to, scuffing of tips, edges. Five raised bands to spine, no lettering there. Extensive penciled and penned inscriptions by three previous owners at endpapers, some similar markings at rear pastedown. Cracking to front pastedown, stitches showing, but still remarkably sturdy. The present work comprises the theatrical comedies of North African playwright of the Roman Republic Publius Terentius Afer (c. 195/185 - c. 159 B.C.E.); adapted for the use of schools by Church of England clergyman John Stirling. Thus, a First Edition Thus; all text in Latin. All copies of early printings are extremely scarce, but this one appears nowhere else. This edition brags on six alleged improvements, words being placed "in their natural order," omission of words consigned to ellipsis, words of two or greater syllables are marked with accents to aid in pronunciation, "remarkable phrases" are reprised at book's end, an alphabetical vocabulary is included, themes of verbs and their conjugation are rendered. Frontis matter, 2-429 [3] pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. Additional postage may be required for oversize or especially heavy volumes, and for sets.…

4 volumes,12mo, pp. iv, 275, [1], 4 (ads), [2] ads for the American Annual Register; vi, [iii], 249, [1], [6] extra title leaves for volumes I and II, and a leaf of spine labels for the same; iv, 283, [1]; iv, 282; original green muslin surviving in various tones, printed paper labels on spines; upper joint cracked on volume III and spine a little chipped, else a very good, sound set in early publisher's cloth bindings. Each volume with the faint rubberstamp of C. N. Weygandt on front free endpapers. This is likely Cornelius N. Weygandt (1871-1957) the American journalist, and professor of English and Irish literature at the University of Pennsylvania. Mills College Check List 1112a; not in Riedel-Horatiana. …