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Dionysiou Halikarnasseōs Peri Syntheseōs Onomatōn. (London, 1728)

Call number: PA 3966 .D3 1728

Publication Date of Volume

1728

Location in Volume

Front Pastedown

Dimensions (cm)

9.6 x 7.8

Description

Includes two mottos, the first is "Dos est magna parentum virtus" (The virtue of parents is a great dowry" (Horace)) on the front pastedown. A second motto is written on the printed bookplate in Arabic: "لا فخر بالمال والنسب بل فخر بالعلم والأدب" (Nobleness is not in wealth and lineage, rather nobleness is in knowledge and culture).

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George Wythe Collection

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