"Brevis elocutionis eruditio Ianuarij Iordani".

4to-sized paper, 19 x 12,5 cm.

Mod. boards, gilt leather title label on spine, 39 pp. (some minor (damp)stains). Well-preserved.

Small student handbook on Latin grammar (numerals, syntax), style and rhetoric. "Ianuarius Iordanus" is probably to be identified as Gennaro Giordano (1717-1789), a Naples professor of canon and civil law, later a bishop. Title in red and black within green and red ornament. Text nicely written in red & black in a tiny, but clearly readable hand.