M. Fabii Quintiliani De institutione oratoria libri duodecim.
Marcus Fabius Quintilian (c.35-c.100).
Category
Books
Date
1809
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Lacock, Wiltshire
NT 3145585
Summary
Bibliographic description
xiii, [3], 384 p. ; 8vo. Provenance: a school prize awarded to William Henry Fox Talbot, 1800-1877, when he was a student at Harrow School. Manuscript inscription "W.H.F. Talbot Harrow Prize, 6. Dec. 1814" on verso of first free end-paper. Binding: nineteenth century gilt-tooled calf; gilt tooling on edges of boards and turn-ins; gilt tooling and gilt tooled title label reading "Quintilianus. Cura Ingram" on spine; text block edges marbled red, blue and black.
Provenance
Purchased with the family collection of Abbey contents in situ from Mrs Petronella Burnett-Brown December 2009.
Makers and roles
Marcus Fabius Quintilian (c.35-c.100). James Ingram (1774-1850).