John Amandus Lallemant, priest, 1712 original Latin: "Joannis amandi Lallemant pbr"

CRITIQUE

OF THE MORE FAMOUS

AUTHORS

A TREATISE

IN WHICH ARE RECORDED VARIOUS JUDGMENTS OF LEARNED MEN CONCERNING

The Most Illustrious Writers of Every Age:

WHENCE THE READER MAY BE ABLE, WITH THE GREATEST EASE,

to discern what is most remarkable in each of these authors,

and in what esteem they have always been held among the learned.

COLLECTED FOR THE BENEFIT OF STUDENTS, AND

arranged in order according to the sequence of time in which the authors themselves flourished,

THOMAS-POPE BLOUNT,

English-British Baronet.

A Baronet is a member of a British hereditary order of honor, ranking below a baron but above a knight.

NEW EDITION; To which has been added an accurate translation into Latin of the judgments

originally presented in the common tongue—whether English, French,

or Italian—in the previous edition.

The author, Blount, originally published this in London in 1690; this Geneva edition translates his English commentary into Latin to make it accessible to the international "Republic of Letters."

With a most copious INDEX.

A complex allegorical engraving serving as a printer's mark or frontispiece. In the center is a circular medallion featuring the Latin motto: "DO NOT DO TO ANOTHER WHAT YOU WOULD NOT WISH DONE TO YOURSELF" original Latin: "QVOD TIBI FIERI NON VIS, ALTERI NE FECERIS"; this is the "Silver Rule," the negative formulation of the Golden Rule.. Above this medallion sits an owl A symbol of wisdom and Athena/Minerva perched upon a book. Below is a smaller shield depicting an anchor with a dolphin entwined around it A famous printer's mark, originally used by Aldus Manutius, symbolizing the motto "Festina Lente" or "Make Haste Slowly.". The central medallion is flanked by two robed female figures: on the left stands Justice, holding a sword and balanced scales; on the right is a figure representing Prudence, holding a mirror and a serpent.

GENEVA,

At the shop of SAMUEL DE TOURNES.

The De Tournes family were prominent Protestant printers in Geneva, famous for their high-quality scholarly editions.

1696.