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Romae Antiquae Notitia: Or, The Antiquities of Rome. In Two Parts. I. A Short History of the Rise, Progress, and Decay of the Common-Wealth. II. A Description of The City. An Account of the Religion, Civil Governments, and Art of War; with the Remarkable Customs and Ceremonies, Publick and Private. With Copper Cuts of the Principal Buildings, &c. to Which are prefix'd Two Essays: Concerning the Roman Learning, and The Roman Education.
Kennett, Basil · London
- Author
- Kennett, Basil
- Date
- 1696
- Place
- London
- Publisher
- A. Swall and T. Child
- Language
- English
- Binding
- 12mo.(4.5" x 7.375") First Edition. Full brown mottled calf with blindstamp rule to board edges. Spine with five raised bands, cracked toward center. Edgewear, corners bumped and rubbed with a little loss to tips, upper hinge tender with early repair, covers scuffed and rubbed. Head and foot of spine chipped with loss. All edges lightly speckled red. Illustrated with 11 engraved plates, 6 of them folding, two with closed tears.
- Format
- Basil Kennett (21 October 1674 – 3 January 1715) was a Church of England cleric who served as the first chaplain to the British Factory at Leghorn. An academic, writer and translator, Kennett was elected president of Corpus Christi College, Oxford, serving for a short time before his early death. His 1696 Romæ Antiquæ Notitia, or the Antiquities of Rome was considered the subject's standard handbook for a century. In 1690 he was elected scholar of Corpus Christi College as a native of Kent, and graduated B.A. in 1693, M.A. in 1696. In the same year he published his Romæ Antiquæ Notitia or the Antiquities of Rome, to which he prefixed two essays on the Roman Learning and Education. These essays were the first attempts of the kind made in any language at that time; and the book was so well received by the public, that he was thereby encouraged to prosecute his design of promoting and facilitating the study of classical learning. In that view he proceeded to draw up The Lives and Characters of the ancient Greek Poets, which came out in 1697.
- Category
- Religion & Theology
- Record
- S.I.7721
Romæ Antiquæ Notitia: Or, The Antiquities of Rome. In Two Parts by Basil Kennett, published in London by A. Swall and T. Child in 1696. This important early study of ancient Rome presents a history of the rise, progress, and decline of the Roman Commonwealth together with a detailed description of the city, its religion, civil government, art of war, customs, and ceremonies. The volume also includes two essays concerning Roman learning and education, making it an especially interesting work for collectors of classical history and antiquarian books.
12mo (4.75" x 7.75"). Full brown mottled calf with blindstamp rule to the board edges. Spine with five raised bands, cracked toward the center. Edgewear, bumped and rubbed corners with a little loss to the tips, and an upper hinge that is tender with an early repair. Covers are scuffed and rubbed, with chipping and loss at the head and foot of the spine. All edges lightly speckled red. Illustrated with 11 engraved plates, including 6 folding plates; two plates have closed tears.
Basil Kennett (1674–1715) was an English scholar, writer, translator, and Church of England cleric. His Romæ Antiquæ Notitia was widely received and became an influential handbook for the study of ancient Rome. A particularly appealing copy for collectors of Roman history, classical learning, ancient architecture, and early illustrated books.
Condition
Good
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