Shelfmark
CS.1435.06 (copy 1)
Additional shelfmark
CS.1435.08 (copy 2)
Author
Title
Ricardi Porsoni Adversaria : notae et emendationes in poetas Graecos quas ex schedis manuscriptis Porsoni apud Collegium SS. Trinitatis Cantabrigiae repositis deprompserunt et ordinarunt nec non indicibus instruxerunt Jacobus Henricus Monk A.M. Carolus Jacobus Blomfield A.M..
Varying form of title
Portion of title: Adversaria
Publication, distribution, etc.
Cantabrigiae : Sumptibus Collegii SS. Trinitatis excudit Joannes Smith Academiae typographus veneunt Londini apud J. Mawman., MDCCCXII. [1812]
Physical description
xvii, [3], 334, [2] p., [1] leaf of plates : ill. (port.) ; 22 cm.
Language
Text in Latin with quotations and examples in Greek.
Note
The plate is an engraved frontispiece portrait of the author: "Ricardus Porson, engraved from a bust, taken immediately after his death, by James Fittler, A.R.A."
Note
With a preliminary half title leaf.
Note
With a final leaf of bookseller's advertisements.
Note
"Praelectio in Euripidem recitata in scholis publicis Cantabrigiae MDCCXCII. Graecarum literarum professionis adeundae causa" has divisional half-t.p. on leaf c2r.
Note
Signatures: [a]-b⁴ c² B-2U⁸ (-B4).
Provenance
(Copy 2) Booklabel recording donation from J.B. Hollingworth? on the first front flyleaf with his inscription on the second front flyleaf.
Provenance
(Copy 2) Bookplate of Porson Library on the front pastedown.
Binding
(Copy 1) 19th century red morocco with blind rolls on covers and one gold fillet; four raised bands on spine with gold fillets and titling; marbled endpapers; gold edges.
Binding
(Copy 2) 19th century calf with blind and gold rolls to form frames on covers; gold titling on spine; marbled endpapers and edges. Rebacked by Spottiswoode, January 1938 on the verso of the front flyleaf.
Copy-specific note
(Copy 1) Imperfect: wanting the portrait, half title and the final leaf of bookseller's advertisements.
Copy-specific note
(Copy 2) On large paper, 25 cm.
Subject
Greek poetry History and criticism.
Subject
Greek poetry Criticism, Textual.
Added entry--name
Monk, James Henry, 1784 - 1856 editor.
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Added entry--name
Mawman, Joseph, 1759 - 1827 bookseller.
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Smith, John, active 1809 - 1836 printer.
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Fittler, James, 1758 - 1835 engraver.
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Trinity College publisher.
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Porson Library former owner.
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Spottiswoode & Co. binder.
Added entry--place
England Cambridge.
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England London.
Language code
lat grc
Identifier
B53801