Vitae Excellentium Imperatorum:

Nepos (Cornelius)

Vitae Excellentium Imperatorum:

cum versione Anglica... or, Cornelius Nepos's lives of the excellent commanders. With an English translation as literal as possible, with English Notes, and a Large Index. By John Clarke, Master of the Publick Grammar-School in Hull.

Description: FIRST EDITION, title-page and final leaf rather spotted, small wormhole and accompanying dampmark to upper blank corner, otherwise just a few stains and some faint browning, ownership inscription of J. Thompson (179?) to title-page, pp. xviii, 236, [28], 8vo, modern marbled boards, good

Publication Details: Printed for A. Bettesworth, 1723

Notes: John Clarke (1687-1734) was master of Hull Grammar School from 1720 to 1732 and afterward published ambitious and popular works on educational reform and the teaching 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' (ODNB). While schoolmaster he published translations of a number of classical authors, including Ovid, Suetonius, and Sallust; this version of Cornelius Nepos was also very popular, and reached its fifteenth London edition...moreJohn Clarke (1687-1734) was master of Hull Grammar School from 1720 to 1732 and afterward published ambitious and popular works on educational reform and the teaching 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' (ODNB). While schoolmaster he published translations of a number of classical authors, including Ovid, Suetonius, and Sallust; this version of Cornelius Nepos was also very popular, and reached its fifteenth London edition by the end of the eighteenth century. The early printings are all rare, and ESTC lists copies of this first edition in the BL and the New Haven Colony Historical Society only. HIDE

Bibliography: (ESTC T83018)

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Price: £650

Subject: Classics

Published Date: 1723

Stock Number: 48574

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