A short introduction of grammar : generally to be used, compiled and set forth for the bringing up of all those that intend to attain to the knowledge of the Latin tongue...[etc.]
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Type of record: Book
Title: A short introduction of grammar : generally to be used, compiled and set forth for the bringing up of all those that intend to attain to the knowledge of the Latin tongue...[etc.]
Classmark: BC Lg/LIL
Creator(s): Lily, William (1468?-1522)
Additional creator(s): Colet, John (1467?-1519) (Other); Robertson, Thomas (fl. 1520-1561) (Other)
Related people: Colet, John; Robertson, Thomas
Publisher: At the Theater
Publication city: Oxford
Date(s): 1699
Language: English
Size and medium: 2 pts in 1 vol
Persistent link: https://explore.library.leeds.ac.uk/special-collections-explore/285208
Printed items catalogue: https://leeds.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/discovery/fulldisplay?vid=44LEE_INST:VU1&docid=alma991002076889705181
Description
A compilation of rules for Latin grammar, by William Lily, John Colet, and Thomas Robertson, with many later additions; commonly called Lily's grammar.
Revised from "An introduction of the eyght partes of speche" and "Institutio compendaria totius grammaticæ", which were revised and enlarged, possibly by Richard Cox and others, from Colet's "Æditio" and Lily's "Rudimenta". Lily's name appears on the title-page of some editions.
Interleaved, sometimes with two leaves.
Indexed in: Wing: L 2303 and L2261.
Additional description
Outer margin shaved by binder, affecting text. With signature of John Rayner sholæ novercensis (?Newark), 1700, and numerous notes in his hand. Also signature of William Veale of Exeter Collecge, Oxford
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