WITH TRANSLATIONS BY GEORGE HERBERT
Poemata varii argumenti, Partim e georgio herberto Latinè (utcunque) reddita, Partim conscripta, a wilh. dillingham, s.t.d. Cantabrigiensi. Adscitis etiam aliis aliorum.
Londini [i.e. London].
Typis E. Flesher. Prostant apud R. Royston, 1678.
First edition.
8vo.
[8], 238pp, [2]. With a terminal blank leaf. Contemporary blind-ruled sheep. Heavily rubbed, marked, minute worm-hole to lower joint. Hinges exposed, later inked and pencilled ownership inscriptions to FEP, very light marginal dampstaining.
The first edition of the first English anthology of neo-Latin verse.
The collection contains several poems by William Dillingham (1617-1689), including 'Sphaeristerium Suleianum', inspired by the Earl of Westmorland's bowling green, as well as a plethora of translations from Church of England clergyman George Herbert (1593- 1633).
The collection contains several poems by William Dillingham (1617-1689), including 'Sphaeristerium Suleianum', inspired by the Earl of Westmorland's bowling green, as well as a plethora of translations from Church of England clergyman George Herbert (1593- 1633).
ESTC R17058, Wing D1484.
£ 750.00
Antiquates Ref: 28354
