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Gn.6.27

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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

Added entry--place

England London.

Language code

lat

Identifier

B48053
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