Index rhetoricus et oratorius, scholis, & institutioni tenerioris aetatis accommodatus. Cui adjiciuntur formulae oratoriae, et Index poeticus. Opera & studio Thomae Farnabii. Editio novissima prioribus emendatior.
Thomas Farnaby (1575-1647)
Category
Books
Date
1672
Materials
Place of origin
London
Collection
Lacock, Wiltshire
NT 3149163
Summary
Bibliographic description
120, [60] p. ; 12mo. Former shelfmark: 21.a.26. Provenance: manuscript inscription on second front fly-leaf: "Davenport-Talbot" [probably William Davenport-Talbot (1764-1800)]. Manuscript inscription on third front fly-leaf: "John Talbot his book 1676" [i.e. Sir John Talbot (1630-1714)]. Manuscript seventeenth-century Lacock shelfmark on verso of first front fly-leaf: "166". Binding: seventeenth-century full sprinkled calf; sewn on four cords; double blind fillet border; gilt roll pattern on board edges; front hinge split at head and continuing into spine; marbled bookblock edges.
Makers and roles
Thomas Farnaby (1575-1647), author