De antiquitate Cantebrigiensis Academiæ libri duo : Aucti ab ipso authore plurimùm. In quorum secundo de Oxoniensis quoq[ue] Gymnasii antiquitate disseritur, & Cantabrigiense longè eo antiquius esse definitur. Iohanne Caio Anglo authore. Adiunximus assertionem antiquitatis Oxoniensis Academiæ, ab Oxoniensi quodam annis iam elapsis aliquot ad Reginam Elizabeth. conscriptam, in qua docere conatur, Oxoniense Gymnasium Cantabrigiensi antiquius esse. Vt ex collatione facilè intelligas, vtra sit antiquior.
| Author/creator | Caius, John |
| Other author | Caius, Thomas. d.1572 |
| Other author | Parker, Matthew, 1504-1575. |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | Londini : In ædibus Iohannis Daij, An. Dom. 1574. Cum gratia & priuilegio Regiæ Maiestatis. |
| Description | 268, [20]; [2], 27, [5] p., plate : ill. |
| Supplemental Content | https://search.proquest.com/docview/2240893543 |
| Subjects |
| Variant title | De antiquitate Cantabrigiensis Academiae libri duo |
| Variant title | De antiquitate Cantabrigiensis Academiæ libri duo. |
| Variant title | De antiq. Canteb. Academiae. |
| Series | Early English books online. ^A888680 |
| General note | Edited by Matthew Parker. |
| General note | Includes index. |
| General note | Title page exists in the following states, listed chronologically. 1: title page is conjugate, worded as above but with "annis iam elapsis duobus" and "Iohanne Caio Britanno authore". 2a: title page is a cancel, worded as above with "annis .. aliquot" and "Iohanne Caio Anglo"; verso blank. 2b: as 2a, but verso contains text. 3: title page is a cancel, with woodcut border surrounding title, quoted in full, "De antiquitate Cantebrigiensis Academiæ libri duo. Iohanne Caio Anglo authore.". The latter was printed for presentation to King James in 1615, but more than one copy exists. |
| General note | Running title reads: De antiq. Cantab. Academiæ. .. |
| General note | Leaves I2 and T2 are cancels, with catch words on p. 67 "gio" and a 2-line side note on p. 148. Cancellanda I2 and T2 have catchword on p. 67 "re-" and a 4-line side note on p. 148. |
| General note | "Assertio antiquitatis Oxoniensis Academiæ" by Thomas Caius has separately dated title page, pagination and register. |
| General note | With a final blank leaf, and a non-conjugate errata leaf often not present and whose location may vary. |
| General note | The plate shows arms and plans of the schools; it is a remainder from Matthew Parker's "De antiquitate Britannicæ Ecclesiæ". |
| General note | Intended to be issued with Caius' "Historiae Cantebrigiensis Academiae ab urbe condita" and "De pronunciatione Grecae et Latinae linguae". |
| General note | See Henry R. Plomer, "The 1574 edition of Dr. John Caius's De antiquitate Cantebrigiensis Academiæ libri duo". Library 7 (Dec. 1926), p. 253-68. |
| General note | Reproduction of the original in the Henry E. Huntington Library and Art Gallery. |
| References | STC (2nd ed.) 4345. |
| Reproduction note | Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Mich. : UMI, 1999- (Early English books online) Digital version of: (Early English books, 1475-1640 ; 524:07) |
| Stock number | CL0036000016 ProQuest. 789 E. Eisenhower Parkway, Ann Arbor, MI 48108-3218 |
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |