Victorian Diamond Jubilee Book Of Common Prayer - 1897 - Antique Theology Book
Victorian Diamond Jubilee Book Of Common Prayer - 1897 - Antique Theology BookThe Victorian Diamond Jubilee Book Of Common Prayer Of The Church Of EnglandPublished by Sir Isaac Pitman & Sons: London 1897Printed In An Easy Reporting Style Of Pitman's ShorthandGeneral wear and rubbing to cover and spine as shown. Pages are clean and well presented with minimal light foxing to prelims. There are no loose pages. Good condition overall. Please study photos to understand condition. Happy to provide more photos on request.Size 19cm x 13.5cm x 2.5cm
1618 London Latin Moral Verse "Carminum Proverbialium" Antique Theology Book
Carminum Proverbialium,
totius humanae vitae statum breviter delineantium, nec non utilem de moribus doctrinam iam iucundè proponentium.
Publisher Details:
Impressum Londini, 1618
An Exceptionally Scarce Title - None Available Online Globally At Time Of Listing
English Translation:
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"Proverbial poems," briefly outlining the condition/state of the whole of human life, and also presenting a useful teaching on morals in a pleasing manner.
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"Commonplaces," selected for the benefit of youth.
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Motto/couplet: "If you learn Christ, it is enough even if you know nothing else; if you do not know Christ, it is nothing even if you learn everything else."
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Printed in London, 1618.
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A scarce 1618 London imprint of an early Latin moral and rhetorical anthology: Carminum Proverbialium … Loci Communes in gratiam iuventutis selecti—a compact work designed to shape the mind and pen of the reader through proverb-like verse, ethical instruction, and carefully chosen "commonplace" themes. Books of this kind were staples of early modern education, used to build vocabulary, memory, and moral reasoning, and to furnish students with quotable material for composition and oratory.
At its heart is a practical structure: short moral pieces and thematic headings supported by a substantial index of loci communes, guiding the reader to virtues, vices, passions, conduct, and the changing conditions of life. The strongly devotional motto on the title-leaf ("If you learn Christ…") anchors the book in the religious culture of its period, while the text overall reflects the disciplined, aphoristic cast of early seventeenth-century pedagogy.
This example retains its 1618 title-leaf and the final London colophon naming Thomas Dawson "by assignment of Robert Barker," and it is housed in an early full leather binding with blind tooling, worn through long use. Period manuscript additions include a headed note "La Campana" with a traditional "bell" verse ("Est mea vox bam, bam… Satanam fugo…"), adding charm and evidence of early readership. An evocative survival that would appeal to collectors of early London printing, Latin schoolbooks, and early modern devotional/moral literature."
A contemporary/near-contemporary full leather binding with a blind-tooled panel frame (corner ornaments visible), now heavily worn with loss to leather at extremities and spine/joints. The front pastedown/endpaper area shows loss and disturbance (large early paper remnant, exposed inner structure), and there is general age-toning, spotting, and staining throughout. Front blank endpapers almost loose. Despite the wear, the survival of the 1618 title-leaf and the final colophon leaf is excellent for a small working book of this age, and the manuscript additions add human interest and provenance texture. A beautiful example in very good condition overall. Please study photos to further understand condition.
Size 13.25cm x 9cm x 2cm - 216 Pages
