Catonis disticha de moribus : cum Latinis annotationibus, nec non dicta insignia septem sapientum Graeciae, Anglo-Latina Cato item grammatice interpretatus, Latinis & vernaculis vocibus; pari ordine, sed diversis lineis alternatis, Mimi Publiani sive Senecae Proverbia Anglo-Latina. A Jacobo Rae, A. M. Privatae Scholae Grammaticae Institutore in Vico vulgo dicto Charters-Closs Castle Hill..
Cato, Marcus Porcius,234 B.C.-149 B.C.
Forrest, J. R. P.,former owner.StEdNL: L.C.429
Hopetoun, John Hope,Earl of,active 1714,former owner.StEdNL: Hall.195.k
Edinburgh, : Printed by John Moncur for the author, and are to be sold by Roger Robertson at the foot of Bells-wynd,
An. Dom. 1709..
Part of the text is in Latin only, the rest in Latin and English.
The disticha, wrongly attributed to Marcus Porcius Cato, in fact date from imperial times.
Provenance: Bookplate of J.R.P. Forrest on front pastedown.
Provenance: Armorial bookplate of Hopetoun on front pastedown. Inscription on front free endpaper: Lord John Hope 1714.
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