Miscellanea in usum juventutis academicæ: containing 1. Characters of the classick authors, and some of our English Writers: Collected from Kenner, Addison, Pope, Garth, Dryden, Rapin, &c. 2. Instructions for Reading the Classick Authors: Drawn from Hales, Felton, and Blackwall. 3. A Chronology of the Classick Authors: together with some short Instructions for Reading Chronology. 4. A Catalogue of the Best Classick Authors, and other Books of Polite Learning, and their Best Editions. 5. Pagan Mythology: Collected out of Vossius, Macrobius, Lampridius, Bochartus, Diodorus Siculus, Philostratus, Diogenes, Lucian, Plato, Plutarch, &c. 6. Latin Exercises; viz. Themes, Declamations, Poems, Philosophical Epigrams and Orations. 7. A Correction of several palpable Mistakes made by some of our English Historians and other Authors, as Daniel, Trussel, Temple, Brerewood, Hearne, Ayliffe, Puffendorf, Heylin, Savage, Spon, Brown, Walker, Dacier, Rapin, Virgil, Seneca, Tibullus, Paterculus, Sleidan,

People / Organizations

• James Knapton ("sold by")
• John Pointer (Author)

Imprint

Oxford: printed at the Theater for Ant. Peisley, and are to be sold by Ja. Knapton, Hen. Clements, Will. Taylor, and Will. Meadows Booksellers in London, 1718.

Publication year

1718-1718

ESTC No.

T101338

Grub Street ID

155215

Description

[16],215,[5]p. ; 8⁰

Note

With an index.