A short introduction to grammar, generally to be used . compiled and set forth for the bringing up all those, that intend to attain to the knowledge of the Latin tongue.
William Lily (1468-1522).
Category
Books
Date
1743
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Chastleton House, Oxfordshire
NT 3057435
Summary
Bibliographic description
[10],194,[4]p. . ill.. . 8vo.. Imperfect: lacks the 'Brevissima institutio' (i.e. all after p.62). Date in MS at head of title page: 1751. MS annotations on p.61, counting lines of 'Carmen de Moribus'.. Provenance: On back board, between rules: 'Charles Jones His Book ... 1751' [1741/2-1779; brother of Arthur Jones II of Chastleton]. Signatures on verso of title page: 'J C Jones' [not identified] and at head of next page: 'C Jones'. Binding: Eighteenth-century sheep (worn, leather punched with small round holes etc.), double blind fillet borders. Spine defective at tail.
Makers and roles
William Lily (1468-1522). John Colet (1466/67 – 1519) Dean of St Paul’s Thomas Robertson (fl.1520-1561)