Item #64586 Comedies of Plautus. PLAUTUS.

"An Esteemed Translation"

THORNTON, Bonnell; WARNER, Richard.

Comedies of Plautus. Translated into Familiar Blank Verse, By Bonnell Thornton, M.B.

London: Printed for J. Lister, T Becket, P.A. de Hondt, R. Baldwin, T. Davis & R. Davis, 1767.

THORNTON, Bonnell, translator]. [WARNER, Richard, translator]. The Comedies of Plautus. Translated into Familiar Blank Verse, By Bonnell Thornton, M.B. London: Printed for J. Lister, T Becket, P.A. de Hondt, R. Baldwin, T. Davis & R. Davis, 1767-1774.

First English editions. Five octavo volumes (8 1/8 x 5 3/16 inches; 205 x 131 mm). [i]-xviii, [19]-23, {1, errata], [1]-342; [2], [1]-386; [4], [i]-viii, [1]-400; [2], [1]-399, [1, ads]; [4], [1]-416 pp. Volumes one and two were translated by Bonnell Thornton and volumes three, four and five were translated Richard Warner.

Volumes one and two: half tan morocco over tan cloth. Volumes three, four and five: half calf over marble boards. Rebacked. Spines of all five volumes uniformly bound with two brown morocco spine labels per volume. Labels lettered in gilt. Tail of each spines stamped with the "Lincoln's Inn Library" stamp and the date in gilt. Corners and edges bumped and rubbed. Boards of volumes three-five are rubbed. Heavy foxing to first and last few leaves of each volume. A small red ink library stamp to front fly-leaf of each volume. Top edges dyed brown, other speckled brown. Overall a very nice set.

These five volumes include the plays Amphitruo (Amphitryon), Miles Gloriosus (The Braggard Captain), Captivi (The Captives), Trinummus (The Treasure), Mercator (The Merchant), Aulularia (The Miser), Rudens (the Shipwreck), Menaechmi (The Twin Brothers), Epidicus (The Discovery), Mostellaria (The Apparition), Pseudolus (The Cheat), Stichus (Conjugal Fidelity), Cistellaria (The Casket), Curculio (The Parasite), Truculentus (The Church), Poenulus (The Carthaginian), Bacchides (The Courtezans), Persa (The Persian), Asinaria (The Ass-Dealer), Casina (The Lots) and Fragments.

"An esteemed translation, accompanied with excellent notes from the best commentators." (Lowndes 1880).

Lowndes, 1880.

HBS 64586.

$1,500.

Price: $1,500.00

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