Epigrammatum delectus ex omnibus tum veteribus, tum recentioribus poetis accuratè decerptus: . cum dissertatione de verâ pulchritudine & adumbratâ, ... Adjectæ sunt elegantes sententiæ ex antiquis poetis parcè ... Cum brevioribus sententiis ac proverbiis ex autoribus Græcis & Latinis. Quibus subjungitur alterius delectûs specimen ex nuperis maximè poetis ... Editio octava, nuperis longè emendatior. In usum Scholæ Etonensis.
Claude Lancelot (1615-1695)
Category
Books
Date
1715
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Charlecote Park, Warwickshire
NT 3086419
Summary
Bibliographic description
[48], 311, [1]; [4], 20p. . ill.. . 12mo.. Eton arms and some words in title have been punctured by system of dots, creating raised and impressed patterns. "E a 5" in pencil on back pastedown. Provenance: Eighteenth-century inscription on recto of ill.: "Ben: Cross Risdon His Book April the 23 1719 God give him grace therein to look And when the Bell for him doth toll The Lord of Heaven Receive his sole This Name my Book shall ever have When I am Dead Laid in my Grave When Greedy worms my Body eat Then you may read my name compleat. Hic nomen pono qui librum perdere nolo"; his name "Benjamin Risdon" also on back pastedown. Binding: Eighteenth-century full calf binding; blind-tooled fillets; concentric patterns scored into front cover; rebacked.
Makers and roles
Claude Lancelot (1615-1695) Pierre Nicole (1625-1695)