Shelfmark
Ic4.3.10
Additional shelfmark
Ic4.3.11
Title
Epigrammatum delectus ex omnibus tum veteribus, tum recentioribus poetis accurate decerptus cum dissertatione de verâ pulchritudine & adumbratâ, in quâ, ex certis principalis, rejectionis & selectionis epigrammatum causæ redduntur. Adjectæ sunt elegantes sententiæ ex antiquis poëtis parcè, sed severiore 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 duodecima, nuperis longè emendatior.
Publication, distribution, etc.
Londini: : impensis Gulielmi Innys, in vico dicto Pater-Noster-Row., MDCCLII. [1752]
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
Signatures: A-Q¹².
Citation/references note
ESTC, T115491
Provenance
[Ic4.3.10] Book label of Lord W. Kerr, G.C.B. with ms. inscription: "Copy 1".
Provenance
[Ic4.3.10] Ms. inscriptions on front and rear endpapers: "W ?Lamb ?1796".
Provenance
[Ic4.3.11] Armorial bookplate of Eton College with ms. inscription: "Presented by Mrs A.C. Crookshank 11.2.66".
Provenance
[Ic4.3.11] Ms. inscription in ?Greek on front free endpaper: "Henry Toole"
Binding
[Ic4.3.10] 18th century tree calf binding; gold tooled spine; spine title; endbands; yellow stained edges; two cord sewing supports.
Binding
[Ic4.3.11] 18th century light brown sheep binding; blind tooled perimeter frame; five half-raised bands; two cord sewing supports; endbands; red sprinkled edges.
Copy-specific note
[Ic4.3.10] Ms. inscription on frontispiece leaf recto: "Epigrammatum Etoni".
Subject
Epigrams, Latin Early works to 1800.
Subject
Quotations, Latin Early works to 1800.
Added entry--name
Innys, William, ? - -1756 bookseller.
Added entry--name
Added entry--name
Added entry--place
England London.
Language code
lat
Identifier
B38665