Shelfmark
Ib3.4.08
Author
Title
The comic Latin grammar; : a new and facetious introduction to the Latin tongue. With numerous illustrations.
Publication, distribution, etc.
London: Charles Tilt, Fleet street., MDCCCXL. [1840]
Physical description
163, [5] p., [6] leaves of plates : ill. ; 20 cm. (8vo)
Note
Errata: O5.
Note
Some ills. signed: J. Leech.
Note
Colophon: "Printed by T. H. Coe, Old Change, St. Paul's."
Note
With a half-title page.
Note
Publisher's cover with "Non invitâ Minervâ" in gold lettering pasted on rear flyleaf.
Note
List of etchings: O4 verso.
Note
Signatures: [A]⁶ B-O⁶
Note
Published anonymously. Written by Percival Leigh with illustrations by John Leigh.
Citation/references note
Osborne Coll., I:127
Provenance
Armorial bookplate of F. Manley Sims.
Provenance
Ink stamp on title page: "Manley Sims Eton Collection".
Binding
19th century brown calf binding; gold tooled spine; gold tooling around the edges inside boards; gold tooled fillets around the perimeter.
Copy-specific note
Binder's stamp on front free endpaper's verso: "Bound by Riviere & Son".
Subject
English wit and humor.
Subject
Latin language Grammar.
Added entry--name
Tilt, Charles, 1797 - 1861 publisher.
Added entry--name
Coe, T. H. (Thomas Henry), ? - -1852 printer.
Added entry--name
Leech, John, 1817 - 1864 illustrator.
Added entry--name
Manley Sims, F. former owner.
Added entry--name
Riviere & Son binder.
Added entry--place
England London.
Identifier
B35330