Shelfmark
Fg.7.25
Author
Pliny, the Younger.
Uniform title
[Panegyricus. English]
Title
An address of thanks to a good prince, presented in the Panegyrick of Pliny upon Trajan, the best of Roman emperours.
Publication, distribution, etc.
London, : Printed for Tho. Fickus, and William Hart, booksellers in Oxford., 1686.
Physical description
[12], v-lxxx, 192 p. : port. ; 8⁰.
Note
A translation of Pliny's "Panegyricus" by Kennett, who uses Pliny's work to express his loyalty to the King.
Note
Dedication (4 leaves inserted following A2, the first of which is signed [par.]) signed: White Kennet.
Note
Includes Kennett's "The life of Caius Plinius Cæcilius Secundus" (caption title), p. xxiii-lxxx.
Note
Signatures: A⁸ (A2+[par.]⁴) (a)⁸ (-(a)1-2 + a²) (b)-(d)⁸ B-N⁸.
Note
Leaves (a)1-2 are cancelled and replaced by 2 conjugate leaves signed "a". Leaf (a)3 (page numbers [xxi-xxii]) is blank.
Note
With a frontispiece portrait of Charles II (leaf A1v) signed: Savage, scul.
Note
Title in double ruled border.
Citation/references note
Wing (CD-Rom, 1996), P2575
Citation/references note
ESTC, R30107
Provenance
Engraved armorial bookplate of Edward Waddington on rear pastedown, recording donation to Eton College in 1731.
Provenance
Engraved armorial bookplate of Eton College.
Binding
18th-century brown calf; blind triple fillets to form a border and two inner frames joined at the corners, inner and outer panels mottled, blind-tooled corner fleurons; four raised bands; traces of spine label.
Copy-specific note
Imperfect: wanting the frontispiece portrait, and without the four leaves of the dedication and the blank leaf (a)3.
Copy-specific note
Previously Dp.6.01.
Subject
Trajan, 53 - 117 Emperor of Rome,
Added entry--name
Hart, William, ? - fl. 1686 bookseller.
Added entry--name
Fickus, Thomas bookseller.
Added entry--name
Savage, John, fl. 1680 - fl. 1680 engraver.
Added entry--name
Added entry--name
Waddington, Edward, 1670 or 71 - 1731 former owner.
Added entry--place
England London.
Language code
eng lat
Identifier
B34553