
Lingua Latina Cantabrigiensis: William Willymott - The peculiar use and signification of certain words in the Latin tongue (1705)
WILLYMOTT, William. The peculiar use and signification of certain words in the Latin tongue: or, A collection of observations, wherein the elegant, and commonly unobserved sense of Latin words is fully and distinctly explained in proper English. The whole translated from the purest Latin writers. Second edition; with Notes. Cambridge: Printed at the University-Press; And are to be Had at Mr. Fary’s Druggist, near St. Magnus Church, entering London-Bridge, London, 1705. SECOND EDITION (120 x 190 mm) pp. [4],374,[32]. Signatures: [π2], A-Z8, aa4. Full calf over boards, with stamped border. Five raised sewing stations on spine. Chips to head & toe endbands. William Willymott: From Scholar, to Scandal, to Suspected Jacobite, & Vice-Provost of King’s William Willymott (bap. 1672 - d. 1737) began his long and varied educational career at Eton from 1685 to 1692, where he was a King’s Scholar, a charitably endeavour founded by King Henry VI. His scholarship earned him a place at t