1736 First Edition With Provenance
SACRAE SCRIPTURAE
By John 'Johannes' Burton
KEY DETAILS
Condition: Good
Format: Hardcover, Octavo (Standard) (8vo 6 × 9 in 152 × 229 mm )
Note: Binding/size selection follows standard bibliographic conventions and is approximate; exact measurements may vary.
Published By: Sheldonian, Oxford, 1736
Language: Latin
Provenance: The Sandys Family Library, Ombersley Court, Worcestershire. With Sandys armorial bookplate on the front pastedown; the Sandys / Edwin Sandys plates are catalogued in the Franks Bequest under the Sandys entries, includ...
Collation: pp. 98
Dust Jacket: None, as issued, No Jacket
SKU: BTETM0002455
Shipping Info: Approximate Package Dimensions H: 12.5, L: 30, W: 25 (Units: cm), W: 2Kg
Tracked Shipping, Insurance Coverage as per Customer Request
DESCRIPTION
Sacrae Scripturae
Locorum Quorundam Versio Metrica
Siva Exercitationum Poeticarum Quae Pro Disciplinae Solennis ration Adolescentibus C.C.C Longae Vacationis tempore Praecipiuntur elaborandae
PROVENANCE
The Sandys Family Library, Ombersley Court, Worcestershire. With Sandys armorial bookplate on the front pastedown; the Sandys / Edwin Sandys plates are catalogued in the Franks Bequest under the Sandys entries, including “Lord Sandys” and “Edwin Sandys” (Franks 26091, 26093, 26094). Acquired directly by Books That Expand The Mind from the dispersal of the Ombersley Court Library, Chorley’s, The September Auctions 2024, 17 September 2024, Lot 307. Purchaser’s invoice retained with the acquisition records.
CONDITION, COLLATION & COPY NOTES
8vo, full speckled calf, marbled endpapers, repairs to title page and page a2, 23 folding plates
Please see Photos as part of condition report.
REFERENCES
Wing V181
Folger Shakespeare Library, M. Velleii Paterculi quae supersunt, Oxford, 1693.
Carter, Oxford printing bibliography, 1693-14.
Chorley's, The September Auctions 2024, 17 September 2024, Lot 477 — The Ombersley Court Library.
The 1693 Hudson edition is also included among the historically significant editions of Velleius following those of Lipsius, Gruter, Vossius, Boeclerus, Thysius and Heinsius.
SYNOPSIS
Apparently very scarce anthology of anonymous student translation exercises set at Corpus Christi College, Oxford during the long Summer vacation.
Burton's latin dedicatory letter to'Reverendo viro Johanni Mather, translations of scriptural passages in Greek
AUTHOR BIO
John Burton, D.D. (1696–1771) was an English clergyman and academic, a theological and classical scholar.
1736 First Edition With Provenance
SACRAE SCRIPTURAE
By John 'Johannes' Burton
KEY DETAILS
Condition: Good
Format: Hardcover, Octavo (Standard) (8vo 6 × 9 in 152 × 229 mm )
Note: Binding/size selection follows standard bibliographic conventions and is approximate; exact measurements may vary.
Published By: Sheldonian, Oxford, 1736
Language: Latin
Provenance: The Sandys Family Library, Ombersley Court, Worcestershire. With Sandys armorial bookplate on the front pastedown; the Sandys / Edwin Sandys plates are catalogued in the Franks Bequest under the Sandys entries, includ...
Collation: pp. 98
Dust Jacket: None, as issued, No Jacket
SKU: BTETM0002455
Shipping Info: Approximate Package Dimensions H: 12.5, L: 30, W: 25 (Units: cm), W: 2Kg
Tracked Shipping, Insurance Coverage as per Customer Request
DESCRIPTION
Sacrae Scripturae
Locorum Quorundam Versio Metrica
Siva Exercitationum Poeticarum Quae Pro Disciplinae Solennis ration Adolescentibus C.C.C Longae Vacationis tempore Praecipiuntur elaborandae
PROVENANCE
The Sandys Family Library, Ombersley Court, Worcestershire. With Sandys armorial bookplate on the front pastedown; the Sandys / Edwin Sandys plates are catalogued in the Franks Bequest under the Sandys entries, including “Lord Sandys” and “Edwin Sandys” (Franks 26091, 26093, 26094). Acquired directly by Books That Expand The Mind from the dispersal of the Ombersley Court Library, Chorley’s, The September Auctions 2024, 17 September 2024, Lot 307. Purchaser’s invoice retained with the acquisition records.
CONDITION, COLLATION & COPY NOTES
8vo, full speckled calf, marbled endpapers, repairs to title page and page a2, 23 folding plates
Please see Photos as part of condition report.
REFERENCES
Wing V181
Folger Shakespeare Library, M. Velleii Paterculi quae supersunt, Oxford, 1693.
Carter, Oxford printing bibliography, 1693-14.
Chorley's, The September Auctions 2024, 17 September 2024, Lot 477 — The Ombersley Court Library.
The 1693 Hudson edition is also included among the historically significant editions of Velleius following those of Lipsius, Gruter, Vossius, Boeclerus, Thysius and Heinsius.
SYNOPSIS
Apparently very scarce anthology of anonymous student translation exercises set at Corpus Christi College, Oxford during the long Summer vacation.
Burton's latin dedicatory letter to'Reverendo viro Johanni Mather, translations of scriptural passages in Greek
AUTHOR BIO
John Burton, D.D. (1696–1771) was an English clergyman and academic, a theological and classical scholar.
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