Ic3.2.08
Epigrammatum delectus ex omnibus tum veteribus, tum Recentioribus poetis Accurate decerptus. Cum dissertatione, de verâ pulchritudine & adumbratâ, in qua ex certis Principiis Rejectionis & Selectionis Epigrammatum causae redduntur. Adjectae sunt elegantes Sententiae ex antiquis Poetis parce sed severiori judicio selectae. Cum brevioribus Sententiis seu Proverbiis ex Autoribus Graecis & Latinis. Quibus hâc septimâ editione, subjungitur alterius delectûs specimen ex nuperis maximè poetis ab Electoribus praetermissis. In usum Scholæ Etonensis.
Londini : impensis Guil. Innys, ad insigne principis in coemeterio D. Pauli., MDCCXI. [1711]
[48], 311, [1]; [4], 20 p ; 16 cm. (12mo)
Compiled by Claude Lancelot, with a dissertation by Pierre Nicole, to whom the whole work is sometimes attributed.
The first leaf contains the engraved arms of Eton.
ESTC, T183111
Ms. inscription on front endpaper: "Philip Norman [in ink] Given by him to Eton College 1918 [in pencil]".
Armorial bookplate of Revd T. Newcome.
Ms. note from Philip Norman to Vaughan dated 1918 and ms. note in Norman's hand with bibliographic details of the book.
18th century brown sprinkled calf inboard binding with blind tooled concentric frame design; gold tooling around the outer edges of the boards; four raised bands; four cord sewing supports; red sprinkled edges; endbands.
Extract from bookseller's catalogue pasted on front endpaper.
Epigrams, Latin Early works to 1800.
Quotations, Latin Early works to 1800.
Lancelot, Claude, 1615? - 1695 attributed name.
Nicole, Pierre, 1625 - 1695 attributed name.
Innys, William, ? - -1756 printer.
Norman, Philip, 1842 - 1931 former owner.
England London.
B37868