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Birminghamiae: Typis Johannis Baskereville, 1772. Hardcover. Very Good. Hardcover. IN LATIN. Publii Terentii Afri (195/185 - 159 BCE) was a Roman comedic author, who was a slave for a Roman senator before gaining his freedom (George Wythe Encyclopedia). This book collects all six of his plays: Andria, Eunuchus, Heautontimorumenos, Adelphi, Phormio, and Hecyra. Professionally rebacked with modern tan leather spine titled in gilt with gilt rules. Original full marbled leather boards with modern endpapers. Wear to edges and corners of boards. Light toning to pages. Clean overall with occasional spots of foxing and light dampstain to top margins of early pages. Creasing and foxing to original front free endpapers. Creases to corners of several pages. Size: Quarto. 364 pages. CLA/020223.