Books by Henry John Roby

Henry John Roby (1830-1915) was a Cambridge-educated classicist specialising in Roman Law. First published in 1884, this volume discusses the historical and legal context of Justinian's Digesta and provides the Latin text of De Usufructu (one of the titles from the Digesta) with detailed close textual analysis.

Written for beginning students, Henry John Roby's Elementary Latin Grammar (1862) provides a complete introduction to the Latin language. Ample examples from classical authors allow students to learn the basic principles of syntax and prosody directly from the works of the great Roman writers.

Henry John Roby's two-volume descriptive Grammar of the Latin Language, first published in the 1870s, offers thorough linguistic analysis based on the works of classical writers from the early Latin period to the Silver Age. This first volume focuses on phonetics, noun and verb inflexions, and word formation.