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Engraved title-page to Clarke, John, ‘Formulæ oratoriæ’, 1653

Print
1653 (made)
Artist/Maker

John Clarke’s ‘Formulæ oratoriæ’ was a handbook on the art of Rhetoric, such as the capability of writers or speakers to inform, most likely to persuade, or motivate particular audiences through words. This book was designed to provide students with examples in Latin of sentences (‘formulae’). Published for the first time in 1630, it was widely popular and reprinted many times till the end of the Seventeenth century (Renaissance rhetoric short-title catalogue, pp. 138-139). This edition is the seventh from his first issued and was released by the publisher Francis Eglesfield.


Object details

Object type
TitleEngraved title-page to Clarke, John, ‘Formulæ oratoriæ’, 1653
Materials and techniques
etching on paper
Brief description
Engraved title-page to Clarke, John, ‘Formulæ oratoriæ’, 1653
Physical description
Architectural title page. Title in centre under a arch and between figures representing Demosthenes and Cicero
Dimensions
  • Sheet height: 124mm
  • Sheet width: 70mm
  • Image height: 123mm
  • Image width: 66mm
Marks and inscriptions
Above in two cartouches ‘ Formualrum hortus’: ‘Nisi desuper’. At the centre, Formulæ oratoriæ : in usum scholarum concinnatæ. Cum praxi & usu earundem in epistolis, thematibus, declamationib[us]. contexendis. Accessit dux poeticus cum suis aliquot poematiolis’ ‘Editio septima novissimâ autoris limâ expolita’ ‘Londini : impensis Fran: Eglesfeild [sic] sub signo Calthæ in Cœmeterio Paulino’ ‘an⁰. Do. 1653’.
Production
Book’s Full Title: Formulæ oratoriæ, in usum scholarum concinnatæ. Cum praxi & usu earundem in epistolis, thematibus, declamationib[us]. contexendis. Accessit dux poeticus cum suis aliquot poematiolis
Summary
John Clarke’s ‘Formulæ oratoriæ’ was a handbook on the art of Rhetoric, such as the capability of writers or speakers to inform, most likely to persuade, or motivate particular audiences through words. This book was designed to provide students with examples in Latin of sentences (‘formulae’). Published for the first time in 1630, it was widely popular and reprinted many times till the end of the Seventeenth century (Renaissance rhetoric short-title catalogue, pp. 138-139). This edition is the seventh from his first issued and was released by the publisher Francis Eglesfield.
Bibliographic reference
ESTC R214204 - English Short Title Catalogue, online database 1473-1800 Renaissance rhetoric short-title catalogue 1460-1700, Lawrence D. Green, James J. Murphy, eds., (Aldershot, England ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, c2006) pp. 138-139.
Collection
Accession number
E.1429-1886

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