Epigrammatum delectus ex omnibus tum veteribus, tum recentioribus poetis accuratè decerptus. . Cum dissertatione, de verâ pulchritudine & adumbratâ, in quâ ex certis principiis rejectionis & selectionis epigrammatum causae reduntur. Adjectae sunt elegantes senteniae ex antiquis poetis parcè sed severiori judicio selectae. Cum brevioribus sententiis seu proverbiis ex autoribus graecis & latinis. Quibus hĉ quintâ editione, subjungitur alterius delectus specimen, ex nuperis maximè poetis ab electoribus praetermissis. In usum scholae Etonensis.
Claude Lancelot (1615-1695)
Category
Books
Date
1689
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Erddig, Wrexham
NT 3010238
Summary
Bibliographic description
[58],429,[3],28,[10]p. . 12mo.. Provenance: Manuscript inscriptions on front and rear pastedowns and endpapers, all in the hand of one Edward Lloyd, who signs his name many times and variously dates his signature 1722 or 1723.. Binding: Seventeenth-century sprinkled sheepskin binding; double blind fillet border; gilt fillets and red title label on spine.
Provenance
Given by Philip Yorke III (1905-1978) along with the estate, house and contents to the National Trust in 1973.
Makers and roles
Claude Lancelot (1615-1695) Pierre Nicole (1625-1695)