Vergara, De Graecae linguae grammatica, Paris, Bernardino Torresano, 1557, seventeenth-century Parisian brown calf for Longepierre

Vergara, Francisco de. De Graecae linguae grammatica, libri V. Adjecta sunt per auctorem tribus libris mediis scholia non poenitenda. Item admonitio de operis ordine, simulque de ejus perdiscendi modo, et de Graecanici studii ratione. Opus nunc primum ad Complutensem editionem excusum ac restitutum. Paris: Bernardino Torresano, 1557

[Bound with:] Paradigmata declinationum graecarum. Cum brevibus notis quae doctrinãm accentuum in communi maximè lingua utcunque illustrant. London: Thomas Harper for Henry Seile, 1632

Two Greek grammars bound together, from the library of the Baron de Longepierre. ESTC locates 3 copies of the second work: Bodleian Library, National Trust (Lanhydrock), Folger Library.

2 works in one volume, 8vo (165 x 98 mm). (1) Italic and Greek type, 30 lines plus headline. collation: *⁴ A-Z⁸ a-d⁸ e⁴: 224 leaves. Italic and Greek type, 24 lines printed vertically; (2) A⁸: 8 leaves. Woodcut devices to titles, decorated initials. (Intermittent staining, a few torn corners, edge tears and repairs, small rust hole on b5.)

binding: Seventeenth-century Parisian brown calf for Longepierre (169 x 105 mm), two frames of double blind fillets with fleurons at corners, traces of two pairs of green silk ties, flat spine with gilt tool of golden fleece in compartments separated by gilt fillets, red morocco label, red edges. (Joints and extremities rubbed, spine restored at ends, gilt faded, hinges cracked.)

provenance: Unidentified owner, inscription "Fran: Cobilens" dated 1641 on title-page — Hilaire-Bernard Requeleyne, baron de Longepierre (1659–1721), supralibros, his Toison d'Or device in compartments of spine — Thomas Dampier (1748–1812), inscription "T. Dampier 1776" on flyleaf [his library acquired entire by the 6^th Duke in 1812] — William George Spencer Cavendish, 6^th Duke of Devonshire (1790-1858) — Devonshire, family library (Chatsworth), ex libris — James Philip Lacaita, Catalogue of the library at Chatsworth (London 1879), IV, p. 79. acquisition: Purchased from Maggs Bros, London, 1982. references: (1) UCLA 1052; Renouard 297/10; FB 90227; USTC 152238 (2) ESTC S125455 (3 copies recorded); STC (2^nd ed.) 6456.8