Shelfmark
Gn.6.27
Author
Uniform title
[Breviarum ab urbe condita. English.]
Title
A breviary of Roman history. From the building of Rome, to the year 1119. Of that famous empire, under its kings, consuls, and emperors. Writ in Latin by Eutropius. Translated into English by several young gentlemen, privately educated in Hatton-Garden..
Publication, distribution, etc.
London : : Printed for Jo. Hindmarsh, bookseller to his royal highness, at the Black Bull in Cornhil [sic],, 1684..
Physical description
[22], 133 [i.e. 179], [37] p. ; 16 cm. (8vo)
Note
Translation of: Breviarum ab urbe condita, by boys attending Lewis Maidwell's school in Hatton Garden. The translators named are: John Williams; Christopher Lowther (c. 1666-1731, later 3rd baronet); William Williams; Brune Clench; James Lowther (c. 1673-1755, later 4th baronet); Leonard Powel; Thomas Cornwallis; Robert Ingram; Martin Bowes; John Shadwell (almost certainly 1671-1747 and the son of Thomas Shadwell the playwright).
Note
The title page is on A2.
Note
Pages 178, 179 are misnumbered 140, 133, respectively.
Note
Includes a geographic glossary as an 'index'.
Citation/references note
Wing (CD-Rom, 1996), E3434
Citation/references note
ESTC, R15840
Provenance
Inscription on front flyleaf in pencil: Rev. J. Mathew[?], Rectory, Bow, London.
Binding
Contemporary brown sheep; blind tooled double fillet border; traces of a spine label, now lost; red sprinkled edges.
Copy-specific note
Bookseller's price on front flyleaf, erased: £40.
Subject
Rome (Italy) History Early works to 1800.
Added entry--name
Hindmarsh, Joseph, fl. 1678 - 1696 bookseller.
Added entry--place
England London.
Language code
lat
Identifier
B48053