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LATINO-Anglicanus: in usum Scholarum OR The more eminent sayings of the Latin Poets Collected: And for the service of Youth in that Ancient exercise, commonly called Capping of Verses, Alphabetically digested; and for greater benefit of young beginners in the Latin Tongue, rendered into English.
by Langston, John ("Teacher of a private Grammar School near Spittle-fields, London")
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- Condition
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- Seller
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Los Angeles, California, United States
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About This Item
24 mo. (5 3/4 by 3 3/4 inches) London: Printed for William Leach at the crown in Cornhill, near the Stocks-Market, 1679. The Second Edition, with the Addition of several hundred Sentences.[14] 166 [1], good condition: later speckled calf, corners slightly bumped, red label in gilt on rebacked spine; hinges showing mild wear, but holding; old worming to margins of a few end leaves (not affecting text); bookplate on first fly leaf, inked name of previous owner dated 1893 on front paste down; old inked notes on back fly leaf; overall sound, and in good condition. ESTC R27673
Running headline: "A Poetical Sport." When the book is open, the verso of a previous page (i.e. on the left) contains the Latin expression, the English meaning is on the recto of the opposite page (i.e. on the right). An expression "He knows not a hawk from an handsaw," included on page 37, was used by Shakespeare in his play Hamlet.
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- Bookseller
- Caravan Book Store
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 962
- Title
- LATINO-Anglicanus: in usum Scholarum OR The more eminent sayings of the Latin Poets Collected
- Author
- Langston, John ("Teacher of a private Grammar School near Spittle-fields, London")
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- The Second Edition, with the Addition of several hundred Sentenc
- Publisher
- Printed for William Leach at the crown in Cornhill, near the Stocks-Market
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1679
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Bookseller catalogs
- Old and Rare; Literature; Poetry; Early English; Antiquarian; Classic Literature; Seventeenth Century Printing; Poetical Sport;
Terms of Sale
Caravan Book Store
Prices are net. All items subject to prior sale. Postage in most cases will be under $8 but can vary by weight and distance. California sales tax is 9.50%. Returns accepted with prior notice within 5 days of receipt at original purchase price, provided item is in same condition as received. Payment by credit card, PayPal (caravanbookstore@yahoo.com), or check drawn on U.S. funds.
About the Seller
Caravan Book Store
Biblio member since 2019
Los Angeles, California
About Caravan Book Store
For more than 65 years, we have specialized in rare and out of print books on the Western experience, satisfying a vast and varied clientele. Our focus is on early California and Los Angeles, represented by books, ephemera, paintings, and prints. Fine press, printing history, literature, gastronomy, aviation, railroads, and voyages are also available. Our store opened in downtown Los Angeles in 1954, and is now closed; but we are still available by phone, regular mail, and email. We issue occasional catalogs online.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Verso
- The page bound on the left side of a book, opposite to the recto page.
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- Leaves
- Very generally, "leaves" refers to the pages of a book, as in the common phrase, "loose-leaf pages." A leaf is a single sheet...
- Recto
- The page on the right side of a book, with the term Verso used to describe the page on the left side.
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Calf
- Calf or calf hide is a common form of leather binding. Calf binding is naturally a light brown but there are ways to treat the...
- Rebacked
- having had the material covering the spine replaced. ...
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