Description: 24 mo. (5 3/4 by 3 3/4 inches) London: "Printed for William Leach at the crown in Cornhill, near the Stocks-Market," 1679. "The Second Edition, with the Addition of several hundred Sentences." [14] 166 [1] ESTC R27673 Running headline: "A Poetical Sport." Good condition: later speckled calf, corners slightly bumped, red label in gilt on rebacked spine; hinges showing mild wear, but holding; old worming to margins of a few end leaves (not affecting text); bookplate on first fly leaf, inked name of previous owner dated 1893 on front paste down; old inked notes on back fly leaf; overall sound. When the book is open, the verso of a previous page (i.e. on the left) contains the Latin expression, the English meaning is on the recto of the opposite page (i.e. on the right). An expression "He knows not a hawk from an handsaw," included on page 37, was used by Shakespeare in his play Hamlet.
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Binding: Hardcover: Old Speckled Calf
Place of Publication: London
Language: English and Latin
Special Attributes: Eminent sayings of the Latin Poets
Author: John Langston "Teacher of a private Grammar School near Spittle
Publisher: Printed for William Leach at the crown in Cornhill
Topic: "Poetical Sport"
Country/Region of Manufacture: United Kingdom
Subject: Capping of Verses
Character Family: Poetry
Original/Facsimile: Original
Year Printed: 1679
