Jacques-Auguste de Thou — Monumenta Litteraria — London, 1640

A seventeenth-century memorial to the world of learning. Drawn from the histories of Jacques-Auguste de Thou and assembled by Clement Barksdale, these Latin accounts preserve the lives and reputations of scholars through the language of remembrance.

Details

Monumenta litteraria sive, obitus et elogia doctorum virorum. London, 1640. Drawn from Jacques-Auguste de Thou and edited by Clement Barksdale. Printed by John Norton for Joseph Kirton and Thomas Warren. Red-and-black title page with ornamental device. Later leather and marbled-board binding. Title-page ownership inscription reads “Sum Wilelmi Goes”; facing leaf includes a handwritten note identifying Clement Barksdale.

Condition

Age toning, scattered spotting and staining, with rubbing and wear to the later binding. Earlier handwritten annotations remain visible.