Shelfmark
Fb.7.21
Author
Title
Linguæ Latinæ exercitatio. Joan. Lod. Vive autore.
Publication, distribution, etc.
Londini. : typis B[ennet]. G[riffin]. cum Societate Stationariorum., MDCLXXIV. [1674]
Physical description
109 p. ; 8vo.
Note
T.p. bears printer's device (fleur-de-lys within strapwork cartouche, see McKerrow 263B); head-piece; woodcut diagram.
Note
Title within single rule border.
Note
Errors in pagination: p. 14 misnumbered 24, 54 misnumbered 45, 57 is 5, 92 is 72, and 93 is 92.
Note
Printer's name from Wing.
Note
Epigram on t.p.: "Disce puer, linguæ, quæ sunt abstrusa, Latinæ; Hic liber, aut nullus, quæ dabit apta tibi".
Citation/references note
Wing (2nd ed., 1994), V668
Citation/references note
ESTC, R186065
Provenance
Booklabel of Eton College Library.
Provenance
Unidentified armorial bookplate, shield surrounded by open books and bearing motto "In patriam populumque".
Provenance
Ms. inscription on fly-leaf in pencil: "R. Surtees to W. S. Gilly".
Provenance
T.p. ownership inscription, partly obliterated: "Fran: Marcall[?] his booke".
Binding
Light brown calf binding; gold tooled double fillet border with further ornate blind tooled inner panel with fleurons at the corners; fine gold tooled decoration on spine and board edges; black morocco spine label with gold tooled letters; rebacked, with spine reapplied to new leather; bound by F. Brown, Durham (binders' ticket on inside front board); marbled endpapers.
Copy-specific note
Previous shelfmark: Em.7.15.
Subject
Latin language Textbooks Early works to 1800.
Added entry--name
Griffin, Bennet printer.
Added entry--name
Gilly, William Stephen, 1789 - 1855 former owner.
Added entry--place
England London
Identifier
B10587