Nepotis, Lives of the Commanders, Latin English 1812
Cornelii Nepotis vitæ excellentium imperatorum : cum versione anglica, in qua verbum de verbo, quantum fieri potuit, redditur; Notis Quoque Anglicis, et Indice Locupletissimo.
"Cornelius Nepos's Lives of the Excellent Commanders: with an English translation, as literal as possible"; with English Notes and a large Index, by John Clarke, A New Edition, published by Rivington, London, 1812.
Cornelius Nepos' Lives of Eminent Commanders is a collection of short biographies on the most famous generals of antiquity, including Hannibal, Hamilcar, Miltiades, and more.
Cornelius Nepos (c.110 BC – c.25 BC) was a Roman biographer. He was born at Hostilia, a village in Cisalpine Gaul not far from Verona. He was a friend of Catullus, who dedicates his poems to him, Cicero and Titus Pomponius Atticus. Eusebius places him in the fourth year of the reign of Augustus, which is supposed to be when he began to attract critical acclaim by his writing. Pliny the Elder notes he died in the reign of Augustus (Natural History IX.39, X.23).
His simple style of writing has made him, in the Great Britain at least, a standard choice for passages of unseen translation in Latin exams, from prep school, even up to degree level.
John Clarke (1687–1734), schoolmaster and classical scholar, was the son of John Clarke, an innkeeper of York, where he was born in 1687. After a preliminary training in the school of his native city, under Mr. Tomlinson, he was sent to the university of Cambridge, being admitted a sizar of St. John's College on 7 May 1703. He graduated B.A. in 1706–7, M.A. in 1710 (Cantabrigienses Graduati, ed. 1787, p. 84). In 1720 he was appointed master of the public grammar school at Hull, and afterwards he became master of the grammar school at Gloucester, where he died on 29 April 1734 (Addit. MS. 5865, ff. 20, 89 b). There is a monument to his memory in the church of St. Mar. Clarke published several books on Roman antiquity and also made literal translations of several of the classical authors.
US: Priority (c.2-4 days) ------------- $15.50
Canada: Priority (c.2-6 weeks) ------ $27.50
World: Priority (c.2-8 weeks) ------- $37.50
Condition Report: Hard boards, original leather [damages and repairs: see photos]; 261 pages in two columns, with parallel text in Latin and English, Latin Index + publisher’s adds printed in two columns, the first 15 and the last c.25 pages have a dark stain on top [see photos]; the first c.3 and the last c.3 pages including endpapers have several damages; fair/ good condition. See photos.
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Cornelii Nepotis vitæ excellentium imperatorum : cum versione anglica, in qua verbum de verbo, quantum fieri potuit, redditur; Notis Quoque Anglicis, et Indice Locupletissimo.
"Cornelius Nepos's Lives of the Excellent Commanders: with an English translation, as literal as possible"; with English Notes and a large Index, by John Clarke, A New Edition, published by Rivington, London, 1812.
Cornelius Nepos' Lives of Eminent Commanders is a collection of short biographies on the most famous generals of antiquity, including Hannibal, Hamilcar, Miltiades, and more.
Cornelius Nepos (c.110 BC – c.25 BC) was a Roman biographer. He was born at Hostilia, a village in Cisalpine Gaul not far from Verona. He was a friend of Catullus, who dedicates his poems to him, Cicero and Titus Pomponius Atticus. Eusebius places him in the fourth year of the reign of Augustus, which is supposed to be when he began to attract critical acclaim by his writing. Pliny the Elder notes he died in the reign of Augustus (Natural History IX.39, X.23).
His simple style of writing has made him, in the Great Britain at least, a standard choice for passages of unseen translation in Latin exams, from prep school, even up to degree level.
John Clarke (1687–1734), schoolmaster and classical scholar, was the son of John Clarke, an innkeeper of York, where he was born in 1687. After a preliminary training in the school of his native city, under Mr. Tomlinson, he was sent to the university of Cambridge, being admitted a sizar of St. John's College on 7 May 1703. He graduated B.A. in 1706–7, M.A. in 1710 (Cantabrigienses Graduati, ed. 1787, p. 84). In 1720 he was appointed master of the public grammar school at Hull, and afterwards he became master of the grammar school at Gloucester, where he died on 29 April 1734 (Addit. MS. 5865, ff. 20, 89 b). There is a monument to his memory in the church of St. Mar. Clarke published several books on Roman antiquity and also made literal translations of several of the classical authors.
US: Priority (c.2-4 days) ------------- $15.50
Canada: Priority (c.2-6 weeks) ------ $27.50
World: Priority (c.2-8 weeks) ------- $37.50
Condition Report: Hard boards, original leather [damages and repairs: see photos]; 261 pages in two columns, with parallel text in Latin and English, Latin Index + publisher’s adds printed in two columns, the first 15 and the last c.25 pages have a dark stain on top [see photos]; the first c.3 and the last c.3 pages including endpapers have several damages; fair/ good condition. See photos.
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