Ianua linguarum, quadrilinguis. Or A messe of tongues: Latine, English, French, and Spanish. : Neatly serued vp together, for a wholesome repast, to the worthy curiositie of the studious.

Ianua linguarum, quadrilinguis. Or A messe of tongues: Latine, English, French, and Spanish. : Neatly serued vp together, for a wholesome repast, to the worthy curiositie of the studious.

Londini : Excudebat R[ichard]. F[ield]. impensis Matthaei Lownes, M. D. C. XVII. [1617]

[18], 173, [53] p. ; (4to)

A collection of proverbs in Latin, originally compiled by William Bathe with the Spanish translations. The English translation is by William Welde. The foreword is signed by the translator into French, "Io. Barbier", probably a pseudonym for Isaac Habrecht.

Latin, English, French, and Spanish texts in parallel columns.

Printer's name from STC.

Includes index.

The first leaf is blank.

N1r is paginated 461.

With a final advertisement leaf and a final errata leaf.

Signatures: A-P⁸ Q².

Signatures from DFo.
L copy filmed on UMI "Tract supplement" reel E1 (Harl. 5936[277]): title page only.

Pollard, A.W. Short-title catalogue of books printed in England, Scotland, & Ireland and of English books printed abroad, 1475-1640 (2nd ed.) (STC), 14467
English short title catalogue (ESTC), S107726

Great Britain -- England -- London.

STC 14467 copy 1

HH19/19. Vellum binding, with remnants of ties. Provenance: bookplate of Charles John Bird, Mag. Coll: Cambridge (motto 'cruce spes mea'); Harmsworth copy

STC 14467 copy 2

Smedley. Lower part of t.p. cut off; gathering A misbound: 2,1,3,4,5,6,8,7; copy stained and frayed. Provenance: unidentified bookstamp on t.p.: 'Augusti' ?; W. T. Smedley copy

STC 14467 copy 3

cs154. Manuscript notes on t.p. too faint to read. Imperfect: wanting gathering Q² (advt. and errata); copy stained and faded; previous misbinding of gathering A corrected in rebinding. Provenance: inscription on t.p. is possibly 'Worrall'; Sotheby sale, 30 October 1903:487