Shelfmark
Ic3.2.08
Title
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.
Publication, distribution, etc.
Londini : impensis Guil. Innys, ad insigne principis in coemeterio D. Pauli., MDCCXI. [1711]
Physical description
[48], 311, [1]; [4], 20 p ; 16 cm. (12mo)
Note
Compiled by Claude Lancelot, with a dissertation by Pierre Nicole, to whom the whole work is sometimes attributed.
Note
The first leaf contains the engraved arms of Eton.
Citation/references note
ESTC, T183111
Provenance
Ms. inscription on front endpaper: "Philip Norman [in ink] Given by him to Eton College 1918 [in pencil]".
Provenance
Armorial bookplate of Revd T. Newcome.
Provenance
Ms. note from Philip Norman to Vaughan dated 1918 and ms. note in Norman's hand with bibliographic details of the book.
Binding
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.
Copy-specific note
Extract from bookseller's catalogue pasted on front endpaper.
Subject
Epigrams, Latin Early works to 1800.
Subject
Quotations, Latin Early works to 1800.
Added entry--name
Lancelot, Claude, 1615? - 1695 attributed name.
Added entry--name
Nicole, Pierre, 1625 - 1695 attributed name.
Added entry--name
Innys, William, ? - -1756 printer.
Added entry--name
Norman, Philip, 1842 - 1931 former owner.
Added entry--place
England London.
Identifier
B37868