A New Method of Learning with Greater Facility the Greek Tongue

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by Claude Lancelot

A New Method of Learning with Greater Facility the Greek Tongue
Title not held by The Wolf Law Library
at the College of William & Mary.
  
Author Claude Lancelot
Editor
Translator Thomas Nugent
Published :
Date
Edition Precise edition unknown
Language
Volumes volume set
Pages
Desc. 8vo

Claude Lancelot (c. 1615 – 1695) was a French Jansenist monk and grammarian.[1] Lancelot was born in Paris. He participated in the creation of the Petites écoles de Port-Royal in May 1638 (then under the spiritual guidance of Jean Duvergier de Hauranne, the abbot of Saint-Cyran). Lancelot was in charge of the education of the duke of Chevreuse and of the princes of Conti.[2]

This book is a methodlogy he developed for the teaching of Greek, specifically focusing on the Attic dialect. It does also give background on the other dialogues as well as an explanation of the poetical license used in modifying Greek language. [3]

Evidence for Inclusion in Wythe's Library

Listed in the Jefferson Inventory of Wythe's Library as "Portroyal Gr. Grammar by Nugent 8vo." and given by Thomas Jefferson to his grandson Thomas Jefferson Randolph. As far as we know, Wythe's copy does not survive. It may have been one of the two copies sold by Thomas Jefferson's estate in 1829.[4] The Brown Bibliography[5] lists the third edition (1777) of A New Method of Learning with Greater Facility the Greek Tongue by Claude Lancelot and translated by Thomas Nugent. George Wythe's Library[6] on LibraryThing includes the same title with the statement, "Precise edition unknown. Several octavo editions of this work were published at Cambridge and London, the first in 1730." As yet, the Wolf Law Library has been unable to find a copy of this title.

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External Links

Read the 1797 edition of this book from Google Books.

References

  1. ↑ La Grammaire de Port Royal Claude Lancelot & Antoine Arnauld, e-book downloadable
  2. ↑ Ibid.
  3. ↑ Ibid.
  4. ↑ Thomas Jefferson, Catalogue: President Jefferson's Library: A Catalogue of the Extensive and Valuable Library of the Late President Jefferson (United States: Gales and Seaton, 1829), 13:no. 837.)
  5. ↑ Bennie Brown, "The Library of George Wythe of Williamsburg and Richmond," (unpublished manuscript, 2009, rev. 2023) Microsoft Word document (on file at the Wolf Law Library, William & Mary Law School).
  6. ↑ LibraryThing, s.v. "Member: George Wythe," accessed on July 10, 2025.
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