Shelfmark
Ft.6.23
Title
Epigrammatum delectus ex omnibus tum veteribus, tum recentioribus poetis accuratè decerptus, &c. cum dissertatione de vera pulchritudine & adumbrata, in qua, ex certis principijs, rejectionis & selectionis epigrammatum causae redduntur. Adjectae sunt elegantes sententiæ ex antiquis poëtis parcè sed seueriori judicio selectæ. Cum breuioribus sententijs seu prouerbijs Latinis, Græcis, Hispanis, Italis, tum ex præcipuis harum linguarum autoribus, tùm ex quotidiano sermone depromptis.
Varying form of title
Portion of title: Epigrammatvm delectvs ex omnibvs tvm veteribvs, tum recentioribus poetis accuratè decerptus, &c
Publication, distribution, etc.
Parisijs, : Apud Carolum Savreux insignis Ecclesiæ Parisiensis Capituli Bibliopolam. In Atrio Templi Beatæ Mariæ, sub insigni trium Virtutum., M. DC LIX. [1659]
Physical description
[60], 590 [i.e. 490] p. ; 14 cm. (12mo)
Language
Some Greek quotations translated into Latin; Spanish and French quotations translated into French.
Note
Compiled by Claude Lancelot, with a dissertation by Pierre Nicole, to whom the whole work is sometimes attributed.
Note
"Sentences courtes et prouerbes pleins de sens ..." has half title.
Note
Contains "Dissertatio de vera pulchritudine & adumbrata, in qua ex certis principiis, rejectionis ac selectionis epigrammatum causæ redduntur.": pp. signed: [*8]-3*⁸ 4*².
Note
Pages 128-490 wrongly numbered 228-590.
Provenance
Pencil inscription on flyleaf: 1 vol. 10f Febr. 1921 (Gougy) (Cat. 356 no. 340)".
Provenance
Inscription in biro on flyleaf, struck through: D. ?Thickett.
Provenance
20th century bookplate of Eton College Library.
Binding
18th century sprinkled calf; gold-tooled spine; red morocco spine label.
Subject
Aphorisms and apothegms Early works to 1800.
Subject
Quotations Early works to 1800.
Subject
Epigrams, Latin Early works to 1800.
Genre/Form
Epigrams.
Added entry--name
Savreux, Charles, ? - 1669 printer.
Added entry--name
Added entry--name
Nicole, Pierre, 1625 - 1695 Dissertatio de vera pulchritudine.
Added entry--name
Added entry--place
France Paris.
Language code
lat grc fre spa ita grc spa ita
Identifier
B41613