Shelfmark
Ic3.2.27
Author
Title
Miscellanea in usum juventutis academicæ: containing 1. Characters of the classick authors, and some of our English writers: collected from Kennet, Addison, Pope, Garth, Dryden, Rapin, &c. 2. Instructions for reading the classick authors: drawn from Hales, Felton, and Blackwall. 3. A chronology of the classick authors: together with some short instructions for reading chronology. 4. A catalogue of the best classick authors, and other books of polite learning, and their best editions. 5. Pagan mythology: collected out of Vossius, Macrobius, Lampridius, Bochartus, Diodorus Siculus, Philostratus, Diogenes, Lucian, Plato, Plutarch, &c. 6. Latin exercises; viz. themes, declamations, poems, philosophical epigrams and orations. 7. A correction of several palpable mistakes made by some of our English historians and other authors, as Daniel, Trussel, Temple, Brerewood, Hearne, Ayliffe, Puffendorf, Heylin, Savage, Spon, Brown, Walker, Dacier, Rapin, Virgil, Seneca, Tibullus, Paterculus, Sleidan, &c. By John Pointer, M.A. Chaplain of Merton College in Oxford, and rector of Slapton in Northampton-shire.
Publication, distribution, etc.
Oxford, : Printed at the Theater for Ant. Peisley, and are to be sold by Ja. Knapton, Hen. Clements, Will. Taylor, and Will. Meadows booksellers in London., 1718.
Physical description
[16], 215, [5] p. ; 20 cm. (8vo)
Note
Errata at foot of leaf Ee2 verso.
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Signatures: a-b⁴ A-Z⁴ Aa-Dd⁴ Ee².
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Chiefly in English with some sections in Latin.
Note
Imprimatur dated "Apr. 30. 1718" on t.p. verso.
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Title page enclosed in a plain rule-border.
Formatted contents note
No display constant generated: "Characters of the classick authors, and some of our English writers: collected from Kennet, Addison, Pope, Garth, Dryden, Rapin, &c, Part. I", "Instructions for reading the classick authors: drawn from Hales, Felton, and Blackwall. Part II", "A chronology of the classick authors: collected out of Helvicus and (where he is deficient) out of Isaacson's Chronology. Those markt with an asterism are out of Helvicus, the rest out of Isaacson. To which are added instructions for reading chronology. Part III", "Bibliotheca classica: or A catalogue of the best classick authors, and other books of polite learning, and their best editions. Part IV", "Pagan mythology: showing how pagan stories were borrow'd from Scripture history -- collected out of Vossius, Macrobius, Lampridius, Bochartus, Diodorus Siculus, Philostratus, Diogenes, Lucian, Plato, Plutarch. Part V", "[Synthēmata] oratoria & poetica: viz. Themata, declamationes, & poemata, in usum scholarum. Quibus adjunguntur Epigrammata, & oratiunculae philosophicae, in usum juventutus academicae. Pars VIta" and "Emendatio authorum: or A correction of several palpable mistakes made by some of our English historians and other authors, as 1. In Camden's History of Q. Elizabeth in English. 2. Daniel's Hist. of England: 2. Trussel's Continuation. 4. Hist. of Engl. in 2 vol. 8vo. 5. Sr. Will. Temple's Memoirs. 6. Sr. Will Temple's Miscellanies. 7. Brerewood's Enquiries. 8. Mr. Hearne's Preface to Rous's Hist. 9. Dr. Ayliffe's Ancient and present state of the University of Oxford. 10. Puffendorf's Hist. of Europe. 11. Heylin's Hist. of St. George. 12. Thesaurus geographicus. 13. Mr. Savage's Turkish hist. 14. Dr. Spon's Hist. of Geneva. 15. Mr. Walker's Hist. of our Saviour. 16. Madam d'Acierher [sic] Notes upon Florus. 17. Rapin. 18. Virgil. 19. Seneca. 20. Tibullus. 21. Paterculus. 22. Sleidan. Part VII" each have divisional half-t.p. on leaves A1r, L1r, N3r, O3r, Q1r, S2r and 2B4r respectively; pagination and register continuous throughout.
Citation/references note
ESTC, T101338
Provenance
Eton College Library book label.
Provenance
Ms. inscription on front endpaper: "Optimo [x3] Jenner [x3]".
Provenance
Ms. inscriptions on front free endpaper: "Robert Jenner [x2] 1738 [or 1736?]", "Thomas Shirley [x2]".
Binding
18th century brown sprinkled calf binding; gold tooled perimeter frame; gold tooling around the outer edges of the boards; five raised bands; cord sewing supports; red sprinkled edges.
Subject
Learning and scholarship Early works to 1800.
Subject
Bibliography Early works to 1800.
Subject
Classical education Early works to 1800.
Subject
Classical literature Early works to 1800.
Added entry--name
Meadows, William, ? - d. 1760 bookseller.
Added entry--name
Taylor, William, ? - d. 1723 bookseller.
Added entry--name
Clements, Henry, 1686 - 1719 bookseller.
Added entry--name
Knapton, James, ? - -1738 bookseller.
Added entry--name
Peisley, Anthony publisher.
Added entry--name
Sheldonian Theatre printer.
Added entry--place
England London.
Added entry--place
England Oxford.
Language code
eng lat
Identifier
B37955