Terentius Afer, Publius. Lustspiele translated from Latin, and parts with the most important notes of Mrs. Dacier, parts also with their own notes accompanied by Johann Samuel Patzke. 7 Bl., LVI, 638 S. With stung frontispiece and 6 copper plates by J. A. Fridrich after Gottfried Eichler. 16.5 x 10 cm. Semi-leather d. C. (somewhat stained and rubbed, upper capital a bit toasted) with gold-embossed RSchild. Halle, Carl Hermann Hemmerde, 1753. VD18 11065435. Silencer 1078. ADB XXV, 238. – First edition of the six surviving comedies of the Terenz in the Baroque transmission of Johann Samuel Patzke (1727-1787) from Magdeburg, "of which the critique at the time claimed that "Patzke's Terenz was the first German translation of this poet to be read" (ADB). – A little flaky, fl. Purpose with longer hs. Entry and leaf section.