Calligraphia oratoria linguæ Græcæ, : ad proprietatem, elegantiam & copiam Græci sermonis parandam vtilissima, / concinnata a Iohanne Posselio. Ab eodem denuo recognita, atque amplius tertia parte aucta. Cum indice multò, quam antea fuit, locupletiore.
Johannes Posselius (1528-1591)
Category
Books
Date
1594
Materials
Place of origin
Frankfurt-am-Main
Collection
Felbrigg, Norfolk
NT 3228853
Summary
Bibliographic description
20, 831, [1] p ; 8vo. Occasional manuscript annotations and underlining. Provenance: armorial bookplate on front pastedown (Franks 32206): 'William Windham Esquire'. Manuscript inscription on front pastedown: "Humphrey" [inked over]; further manuscript inscriptions on front pastedown inked over and illegible. Manuscript inscriptions on title page: "Humphrey Davenport His Booke 1692" [all but date inked over]; and "W. Windham Lond. Febry. 1784." [i.e. William Windham (1750-1810)]. Manuscript inscription on verso of second rear free endpaper: "Humphrey Davenport His Booke 1693" and (below): "pretium[?] £ s d 00-04 6". Manuscript inscription on verso of rear free endpaper (inked over): "Freddericke C[...] His Book". Binding: seventeenth-century full panelled calf; sewn onto three recessed cords; four false bands; blind edge rolled; red edges; blue ribbon marker (detached).
Makers and roles
Johannes Posselius (1528-1591)