1647 5th Edtn or Later Reprint EPIGRAMMATUM IOAN By John Owen Very Good

Amsterdam: Apud Lud. Elzevirium, 1647. 5th Edition or Later Reprint. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. quadragesimo-octavo or forty-eightmo (48mo 2+1?2 × 4 63.5 × 102). Please email for Photographs or further information. Very Good - Engraved frontispiece and title page. Gilt embossed boards and spine, with abbreviated title and author name on spine. Gilt page edges. Original green book marker present. Boards clean, text block and binding firm and strong. Please see photos as part of condition report 1647 5th Edition or Later Reprint , EPIGRAMMATUM IOAN OwenI Cambro-Britanni Oxoniensis editio postrema : correctissima, & posthumis quibusdam adaucta By John Owen John Owen (c. 1564 – 1622) was a Welsh epigrammatist, most known for his Latin epigrams, collected in his Epigrammata. Illustrated By: Format: Hardcover, Language: Latin Dust Jacket: No Jacket, Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket Published By: Apud Lud. Elzevirium, Amsterdam quadragesimo-octavo or forty-eightmo (48mo 2+1?2 × 4 63.5 × 102),Pages 212 ISBN: Owen's Epigrammata are divided into twelve books, of which the first three were published in 1606, and the rest at four different times (1607, 1612, c. 1613, 1620). Owen frequently adapts and alters to his own purpose the lines of his predecessors in Latin verse. His epigrams proved popular for centuries after his death, appearing in numerous reprints, editions and translations. The numbering of the books can be confusing. They were originally published as 10 books in 4 volumes, with books numbered from 1 in each volume. The l 4 volumes are: Ioannis Audoeni Epigrammatum libri III, London, 1606 (dedicated to Lady Mary Neville, reprinted twice in 1607) Epigrammatum Ioannis Owen…liber singularis, London, 1607 (dedicated to Lady Arabella Stuart) Epigrammatum Ioannis Owen…Libri Tres, London, 1612 (the first two Books dedicated to Henry, Prince of Wales, the third Book dedicated to Charles, Duke of York) Epigrammatum Joannis Owen…libri Tres, London, 1613 (three Books, dedicated respectively to Sir Edward Noel, Sir William Sedley, and Sir Roger Owen). was a staunch Protestant, and could not resist the temptation of turning his wit against the Roman Catholic Church, which resulted in Epigrammata being placed on the Index Librorum Prohibitorum in 1654, and lead to his uncle Hugh Owen, a recusant involved in the Ridolfi plot, to cut him out of his will. SKU: BTETM0002367 Approximate Package Dimensions H: 12.5, L: 30, W: 25 (Units: cm), W: 2Kg