M. Fabii Quintiliani Institutionum oratoriarum libri duodecim, summa diligentia ad fidem vetustissimorum codicum recogniti, ac restituti. Nouae huic editioni adiecit fabianarum notarum spicilegium subcisiuum Daniel Pareus phil. Fil. Accesserum etiam Quintilianorum Declamationes. Cum indice accuratissimo.
Marcus Fabius Quintilian (c.35-c.100).
Category
Books
Date
1641
Materials
Place of origin
London
Collection
Felbrigg, Norfolk
NT 3237247
Summary
Bibliographic description
569, [7], 722, [60] p. ; 8vo. 'Institutio oratoria' bound as part 1, and 'Declamationes' bound as part 2. Provenance: eighteenth-century Jacobean armorial bookplate (Franks 32206), lettered: William Windham Esquire [i.e. either William Windham II (1717-1761) or William Windham III (1750-1810)]. Manuscript inscription on inside front board: "W. Windham Jany. 27th 1784" [i.e. William Windham III (1750-1810)]. manuscript inscription on title page, crossed-out but still partially legible: "Johan … ex … Magd: 1680". Binding: seventeenth-century full calf (lower board detached); sewn on four leather cords; triple blind fillet border with additional triple blind fillet parallel to spine-edge and blind floral cornerpiece stamps; blind roll pattern on board edges; blind-tooled spine with fillets and diagonal hatching at head and tail; remnants of lozenge-shape paper label on spine; red sprinkled bookblock edges.
Makers and roles
Marcus Fabius Quintilian (c.35-c.100)., author Calpurnius Flaccus, author David Pareus (1548-1622), editor