Cornelii Nepotis Vitae Excellentium Imperatorum or, Cornelius Nepo s Lives of the Excellent Commanders

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Vitae Excellentium Imperatorum or, Cornelius Nepo s Lives of the Excellent Commanders, with an English translation, as Literal as possible, With English Notes, and a large Index, By John Clarke, The Fourteenth Edition, Printed for J.F. And C. Rivington, London, 1790, 280 pp, full leather, 8.5 x 5.5, 8vo. In good condition. Boards show wear along edges with rubbed corners, scuffing. Small one inch section missing from front board along left corner. Hinge shaken. Spine scuffed with original red morocco label. Previous owner s bookplate on front paste down. Interior lightly toned with some sporadic staining and mild foxing. Binding remains intact. Unmarked. Please see photos. John Clarke (1687-1734) was a mater of Grammar School from 1720 to 1732 and afterward published ambitious and popular works on education reform and the teachings of Latin. An outspoken critic of the traditional style of teaching classics. He particularly cited the drudgery of elementary memorization of rules and the absence of adequate English translations as flaws. While schoolmaster he published translations of a number of classical authors, including Ovid, Suetonius, and Sallust; this version of Cornelius Nepos was also popular and reached its fifteenth London edition by the end of the eighteen century. COLC1790ABDA-variant. N° de ref. del artículo COLC1790ABDA-variant

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