Live auction - Lot 1244

[Elzevier Press - Linguistics]

COMENIUS, Johannes Amos

Janua linguarum reserata quinque-linguis. Sive compendiosa methodus Latinam, Gallicam, Italicam, Hispanicam & Germanicam linguam perdiscendi.

Amsterdam, L. & D. Elzevier, 1661


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8vo: [20]-863-[1 bl.] pp. (paper age-toned, some min. spotting).

Contemp. Flemish blind-ruled calf (rubbed), gilt-orn. spine with 4 raised bands (joints rubbed, head & tail def.). Good copy.

Enlarged ed. of a popular Latin textbook for the study of French, Italian, Spanish and German by the famous Czech teacher Comenius (1592-1670). "Édition la plus complète" (Willems). Woodcut mark on title. Title in red & black; text in 4 col.
Ref. Willems 1270. - Rahir 11306. - Copinger 1063. - STCN (i.a. BL). - Not in The children's world of learning.
Prov. Jesuit college Antwerp, 1664 (contemp. ms. entry on title).

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Lot 1244

Janua linguarum reserata quinque-linguis. Sive compendiosa methodus Latinam, Gallicam, Italicam, Hispanicam & Germanicam linguam perdiscendi.

COMENIUS, Johannes Amos

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