Brevissima institutio seu ratio grammatices cognoscendae, . ad omnium puerorum utilitatem praescripta: quam solam regia majestas in omnibus scholis docendam praecipit. Additis subinde observationibus utilissimis, ex Despauterio, Alvaro, Sanctio, Vossio, Busbeio, & quotquot nuper scripsere, grammaticis Latinis; quae universam artem grammaticam exhauriunt.
William Lily (1468-1522).
Category
Books
Date
1699
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Erddig, Wrexham
NT 3010407
Summary
Bibliographic description
[2],206p. . 8vo.. Blank leaf inserted between pages 2 and 3, containing manuscript notes. Bound with Lily's "A short introduction of grammar" (Oxford, 1699).. Provenance: Bookplate: Erthig (anonymous armorial). Manuscript inscription on front fly-leaf: "Jno. Mellers" [i.e. John Meller (1665-1733)].. Binding: Late seventeenth-century Cambridge-style blind-panelled sheepskin binding; gilt roll on board edges; 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
William Lily (1468-1522).