Dionysius Longinus: (Langbaine, G., ed.:)

Liber de grandiloquentia sive sublimi dicendi genere [.]

      Oxonii [Oxford] excud: G.T. Academiae Typographus impensis Guil: Webb. Biblio: 1636. - First edition thus. 12mo., pp. [xxxx], 176, [ii] 118. Missing folding table and index, as with many copies (cf. Madan). Edges speckled red, pages lightly browned, margins cut close but not affecting text, one or two spots of ink or light soil. Bound in contemporary speckled brown calf, later rebacked, gilt border to boards, blind-stamped decorations and red label with gilt to spine, edges a bit rubbed. Bookplate of Watkin Williams Esq. to upper pastedown. The text is an uncredited copy of Gabriel de Petra’s 1612 edition, but with a new preface and extensive notes (the ‘Notarum Auctarium’), which were the first published work of Gerard Langbaine (1609-1658). Dibdin mentions only the 1638 second edition, but calls Langbaine’s ‘Notarum Auctarium’ "a very acceptable acquisition" that "has been always welcomed by lovers of Longinus." Langbaine was provost of Queen’s College, Oxford from 1646. STC 16788. Madan I 192. Dibdin (4th edn.) II 176. ESTC S103095. [Attributes: First Edition; Hard Cover]