a Ioanne Rosino Isenacensi Thuringo ; avctvm deinde et exornatvm à Thoma Dempstero à Muresk, I.C. Scoto, qvi ex criticis, et innvmeris vtrivsqve linguae auctoribus, poëtis, oratoribus, historicis, iurisconsultis, paralipomena collegit ; qvibvs infinita svpplentvr, mvtantur, adduntur cum indicibus locupletissimis
Other Titles
Antiquitatum Romanarum syntagma absolutissimum concinnatum primo
Printer's device on title page (73 x 60 mm) of a dolphin entwined with an anchor, within a richly decorated cartouche, and the motto "festina tarde".
Head- and tail-pieces, initials, and pictorial woodcuts.
Text in Latin with quotations and examples in Greek.
Separate dated title page printed in red and black on leaf *1: "Antiqvitatvm Romanarvm avctarivm sev svpplmentvm syntagmatis antiq. Rom. a Ioanne Rosino delineati. Avctore Thoma Dempstero a Mvresk IC. Scoto. Qui ex innumeris criticis oratoribus & vtriusque linguæ scriptoribus grammaticis, poëtis, historicis, iurisconsultis passim laudatis, explicatis & emendatis opus philologiæ studiosis vtillissimum, & à multis hactenus expetitum concinnauit. Ad potentissimum, augustissimúmque principem Iacobvm I. monarcham Magnæ Britanniæ, &c. Editio nova. Coloniæ Allobrogvm: Excvdebat Gabriel Cartier, M. DC. XIII."
Includes indices.
Pringle, R.V., "An Early Humanity Class Library: The Gift of Sir John Scot and Friends to St Leonard's College (1620)", The Bibliotheck 7.2 (1974), no. 14
From the Scot of Scotstarvit Collection of the University of St Andrews.
Inscription on verso of title page: "Philologie bibliothecam Andreapoli in gymnasio Leonardino a d[omi]no Joanne Scott de Scottistarvett equite aurato cancellarie S. D. A. Regis directorie institutam et captam anno d[omi]ni millesimo sexcentesimo vigesimo huius muneris accessione adornavit et adauxit Guilielmus Tyrie de drwmkilbo"; inscription on flyleaf opposite title page: "Ex dono Gul. Tyrie", in later hand.
Pen trials and struck through or smudged words on front flyleaf; traces of ink inscription at top of rear board.