The mystery of rhetorick unveil'd : Wherein above 130 of the tropes and figures are severally derived from the Greek into English; together with lively definitions, and variety of Latin, English, Scriptual, examples pertinent to each of them apart. Eminently delightful and profitable for young scholars, and others of all sorts, enabling them to discern and imitate the elegancy in any author they read, &c. By John Smith, gent.

Format:

Microformat

Author/Creator:

Smith, John, Gent.

Contributor:

Sergeant, John, 1622-1707.

Series:

Early English books, 1641-1700 ; 2020:11.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Rhetoric--Early works to 1800.

Rhetoric.

English language--Rhetoric--Early works to 1800.

English language.

English language--Rhetoric.

Physical Description:

32 unnumbered pages, 96, 107-244 pages, 6 unnumbered pages

35 mm

monochrome

service copy

positive

Other Title:

Mysterie of rhetorique unvail'd

Companion for the ingenious.

Mysterie of rhetorick unveiled.

Mystery of rhetorick unveiled.

Place of Publication:

London : Printed for Robert Clavell, at the Peacock in St. Paul's Church-yard, 1683.

Notes:

"Wrongly attributed to John Sergeant by Wing and others" -- NUC pre-1956 imprints.

Includes index.

Text and register continuous despite pagingation.

Half-title page reads: A companion for the ingenious.

Caption title on p. 1: The mysterie of rhetorick unveiled.

Running title: The mystery of rhetorick unveiled.

First published in 1656 with title "The mysterie of rhetorique unvail'd".

A reissue of the sheets of Wing (2nd ed.) S4166D with a different imprint.

Reproduction of original in the University of Illinois (Urbana-Champaign Campus). Library.

Microfilm. Ann Arbor, Mich. : UMI, 1990. 1 microfilm reel ; 35 mm. (Early English books, 1641-1700; 2020:11). s1990 miun a

Cited in:

Wing (2nd ed.) S4116E.

OCLC:

55721070