A short introduction to grammar
Subtitle: compiled and set forth for the bringing up of all those that intend to attain to the knowledge of the Latin tongue
Contributors: Colet, John, 1467?-1519; Robertson, Thomas, active 1520-1561; Pre-1801 Imprint Collection (Library of Congress)
Publisher: Printed by Eliz. Norton ...
Published: 1725
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 194
Subjects: Latin language; Grammar; Early works to 1800
Work titles: Short introduction of grammar
Notes: Written by William Lily, first headmaster of St. Paul's School in London, John Colet, and Thomas Robertson. A short introduction of grammar and Brevissima institutio were often issued together beginning in the 1540s.

T.p. of A short introduction to grammar has woodcut border illustrating the study of seven subjects: gramatica, rhetorica, arithmetica, geometria, astronomia, musica, and dialectica.

"Brevissima institutio" has special t.p. with imprint date of 1724; pagination and register are continuous.

Signatures: A-O⁸.

Bookseller's advertisement on p. [212].

Bound with: Lily, William. [Brevissima institutio. Selections. English & Latin] Lily's Rules construed. London : Printed by Eliz. Norton ..., MDCCXXV [1725].