Shelfmark
P.Rox.1926
Author
Horman, William, ? - -1535
Title
Vulgaria / by William Horman, Fellow and Vice-Provost of Eton College ; first printed by Richard Pynson in 1519 ; now reprinted, with an introduction by Montague Rhodes James ...
Publication, distribution, etc.
Oxford : printed for presentation to the Members of the Roxburghe Club, M CM XXVI [1926].
Physical description
xxx, 455 p., [3] p. of plates : facsims. ; 31 cm.
Series statement
(Roxburghe Club)
Language
Mainly comprises Latin sentences with English translation (used by Horman in teaching) and arranged in 37 chapters by subject.
Note
Frontispiece is a reprint of the original title page.
Note
Title page in red and black.
Note
"Dedicated and presented to the President and Members of the Roxburghe Club by their obedient servant and affectionate colleague Crawford & Balcarres" -- p. [v].
Note
Half-title verso: "Printed in England at the Oxford University Press by John Johnson, printer to the University".
Note
Barker, no. 184.
Note
20th century dark brown leather half-binding with cloth covered boards; gilt top-edge.
Provenance
Eton College Library ink stamp.
Provenance
Circular Eton bookplate on front pastedown with "given by the Earl of Crawford & Balcarres K.T. February 1927".
Copy-specific note
Previously Lobby.B1.19
Subject
Latin language Translating into English Early works to 1800.
Subject
Latin language Conversation and phrase books English Early works to 1800.
Subject
Latin language Composition and exercises English.
Added entry--name
James, M.R. (Montague Rhodes), 1862 - 1936 editor.
Added entry--name
Crawford, James Ludovic Lindsay (), 1847 - 1913 former owner.
Added entry--name
Roxburghe Club
Added entry--name
Oxford University Press printer.
Added entry--place
England Eton.
Language code
eng lat
Identifier
B44685