ABBOTT, Edwin A. [c.f. pseudonym A. Square ]. - Via Latina: A First Latin Book. Including Accidence, Rules of Syntax, Exercises, Vocabularies, and Rules for Construing. [by the Author of "Flatland"].

London, Seeley and Co., 1901. Early edition (145th thousand). Original maroon cloth, title gilt to spine, and stamped to upper board in blind with price 3/6. xvi+328pp. Edges a little rubbed from use. "T? Darling Matchett\'s" name in ink neatly to front endpaper, dated 1902. Abbott\'s best-known work is his 1884 - the \'mathematical\' or science fiction novella "Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions". "Via Latina: A First Latin Book" was first published in 1880 and sold around the world. According to the Imperial War Museum database, the presumed owner of the book, Darling Matchett was a conscientious objector.

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