Joannis Jortini Lusus poetici..
Jortin, John,1698-1770.
Forbes family (Monymusk & Pitsligo),former owner.StEdNL
Londini: : Impensis J. Stephens, ad Insigne Biblij, in vico dicto Butcher-Row, juxta Aedem D. Clementis.,
MDCCXXIV. [1724]
Price 6d.--foot of title page.
Latin verse by John Jortin (1698-1770), ecclesiastical historian and literary critic. Jortin was educated at Charterhouse School and at Jesus College, Cambridge, where he studied mathematics under Saunderson, professor of geometry. While still an undergraduate he was asked to translate Eustathius as an aid to Alexander Pope in his work on Homer. Although Jortin never met Pope, the poet made good use of the translation.
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From the library at Fettercairn House, Aberdeenshire, home of the Forbes family, baronets of Monymusk and Pitsligo.
England London.