Professor of the
Latin and
Greek Languages in Franklin College in the Borough of Lancaster . . .
Lancaster: Printed for the Author, by
Henry and Benjamin Grimler.
1802.
PA2087 .R82 1802
12mo. 88 leaves.
This edition not in Sabin.
James Ross, 1744-1827, taught Latin and Greek at Chambersburg, Pa., where the first edition of this work was printed in 1798. In 1801,
he moved to Franklin College, Lancaster. Later he moved to Philadelphia and finally became Professor of Languages in Dickinson
College.
The copy of this edition in the Library of Congress was an autograph presentation copy from the author to Charles Thomson,
who had been the Secretary of the Continental Congress.
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Lat. Gramm.
8
vo.
1815 Catalogue, page 166, no. 68, Latin Grammar, 8vo.
[LILY,
William.]
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. To which are added usefull Observations by way of Comment out of ancient and late Grammarians.
Oxford: At
the Theater.
1709.
PA2084 .L6 1709
8vo. 40 leaves, the last a blank, engraved frontispiece of the tree of knowledge, engraved vignette of the Sheldonian Theatre
on the title-page, both by M. Burghers; text printed partly in black letter.
Halkett and Laing V, 264 [by William Lilly & John Colet].
This edition not in Lowndes and not in the Cambridge Bibl. of Eng. Lit.
Hazlitt II, 351.
Notes and Queries 6, II, 462.
William Lily, 1468?-1522, English grammarian, was born in Hampshire, and educated at Magdalen College, Oxford. In 1512 he was appointed
high master at the new school founded by John Colet, Dean of St. Pauls, in St. Pauls Churchyard. J. H. Lupton, in his article
in
Notes and Queries, states that in St. Paul’s School there is a copy of Lily’s first grammar, the “Absolutissimus,” without name of place or
printer, dated 1515. The first edition listed in the STC was printed by Wynkyn de Worde in 1533, and the copy in the British
Museum is the only one located. The first edition listed in the STC with the title
A Shorte Introduction of Grammar was printed in 1549, with one copy located, in the Bodleian. This is followed by a list of twenty-two editions printed between
that date and 1640, of which the majority are known in one copy only. There is an even greater number of editions between
1641 and 1700 listed in Wing’s
Short-Title Catalogue.
For an account of this work and its use by Shakespeare and others, see
Notes and Queries as above, and the life of Lily in the
Dictionary of National Biography.
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Smith’s New Hampshire
Latin Grammar.
8
vo.
1815 Catalogue, page 167, no. 16, as above.
SMITH,
John.
The Newhampshire
Latin Grammar: Comprehending All the Necessary Rules in Orthography, Etymology, Syntax, and Prosody; with Explanatory and Critical
Notes, and an Appendix. By John Smith, S. T. D. Professor of the Learned Languages, at Dartmouth College. The
Second Edition, with Improvements . . .
Boston: Printed for
John West, No. 75,
Cornhill; And for Sale by the Principal
