Lexicon græco-prosodiacum . auctore T. Morell... Olim vulgatum typis denuo mandavit, permultis in locis correxit, exemplis a se allatis et animadversionibus illustravit, verbis, a Morello omissis, quam plurimis auxit; et græcis vocibus latinam versionem subjecit Edv. Maltby, ... Pars prior [altera].
Thomas Morell (1703-1784)
Category
Books
Date
1815
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Wimpole, Cambridgeshire
NT 3122803
Summary
Bibliographic description
2 parts (viii,xciii,[1],575,[1]p., plates; [3],578-1148p.) . ill.., ports.. . 4to.. 2 parts bound as 1v. Old Wimpole shelfmarks: Rr/3 [pencil]; Hh.9.1 [dark blue ink]. Provenance: Armorial bookplate (after 1754): Philip, Earl of Hardwicke. [i.e. Philip Yorke, 1st Earl of Hardwicke (1690-1764), created Baron Hardwicke, 1733, and Earl of Hardwicke, 1754. Also used in books acquired by his successors]. Binding: Nineteenth-century full calf, blind decorative rolls and triple gilt fillet borders. Board edges and turn-ins with single gilt fillet (and decorative corner-pieces on turn-ins); edges of text-block marbled. Spine gilt-tooled. In book-shoe.
Makers and roles
Thomas Morell (1703-1784) James Basire William Hogarth (London 1697 - London 1764) Edward Maltby (1770-1859) Bishop of Durham