Shelfmark
Ic4.5.19
Title
Epigrammatum delectus ex omnibus tum veteribus, tum recentioribus poetis accuraté decerptus: Cum dissertatione de verâ pulchritudine & adumbratâ, in quâ, excertis principiis, rejectionis & selectionis epigrammarum causæ redduntur. Adjectæ sunt elegantes sententiæ ex antiquis poëtis parcè, fed feveriore judicio, selectæ. Cum brevioribus sententiis ac proverbiis ex autoribus Græcis & Latinis. Quibus subjungitur alterius delectûs specimen ex nuperis maximè poëtis ab electoribus prætermissis. In usum Scholæ Etonensis.
Edition
Editio decima, nuperis longè emendatior.
Publication, distribution, etc.
Londini : Typis T. Wood, impensis Gul. Innys & Ric. Manby, in area occidentali D. Pauli., M DCC XXXII. [1732]
Physical description
[48], 311, [1] ; 24 p. : front. ; 17 cm. (12mo)
Note
The first leaf contains the engraved arms of Eton.
Note
Compiled by Claude Lancelot, with a dissertation by Pierre Nicole to whom the whole work is sometimes attributed.
Note
Tailpieces.
Citation/references note
ESTC, T183112
Provenance
Eton College Library bookplate.
Binding
18th century calf binding; gold tooled perimeter frame; five raised bands; three cord sewing supports; endbands; red sprinkled edges.
Copy-specific note
?Stamped in red under Eton arms: J * Smith
Copy-specific note
Ms. doodles in pencil on rear free endpaper.
Subject
Epigrams, Latin Early works to 1800.
Subject
Quotations Early works to 1800.
Added entry--name
Lancelot, Claude, 1615? - 1695 editor.
Added entry--name
Innys, William, ? - -1756 bookseller.
Added entry--name
Manby, Richard, ? - d. 1769 bookseller.
Added entry--name
Wood, Thomas, active 1708 - 1748 printer.
Added entry--place
England London.
Identifier
B38064