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Title page + blank + iv pages + 279 pages + 18 page index + 2 pages of old manuscript notes (17th cent?). Full leather binding Fair, front well rubbed to corners/edge, a little to corner, minor split to spine, and contained/protected in a modern brown slipcase in very good condition. Contents mostly good, clean & tight, some minor marks, just a few underlines, just a few inscription & owners names, some corner tip folds, 2 blank pages rear with old manuscript notes (17th cent?). Originally written by Thomas Godwyn, headmaster of Abingdon School, published in 1614, and seems to have been enlarged by Francis Rous & Zachary Bogan. No author to title page, 2 page Preface? in Latin after title page ends with/by Tho. Godwyn. Main text is English with Greek & Latin words & phrases. Mostly about the life of the Romans, including marriage, customs, games, magistrates, punishment, clothing, military discipline, law etc. Thomas Godwyn,1587-1642 , was an English headmaster and scholar. Godwyn became the first fellow of the newly founded Pembroke College, Oxford (1624), became chaplain to the Bishop of Bath and Wells and rector of Brightwell, Berkshire (1626 42). In about 1614 he published Florilegium Phrasicon & Romanae Historiae Anthologia (an English treatise on Roman antiquities), both for use by Abingdon School. These were the only school text books on the subject for a century. In his preface to Roman Antiquities, Godwyn gives a picture of the difficulties of writing his book in the noisy surroundings of the school room. "If it fail to please, put it down to the whispered chatterings of the noisy boys amongst whom the work had its origin; but if approved ascribe it to the continuous questionings of the boys. Size: 14 x 18.5cm. Approx. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 002611
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