Accession number:
PML 85997
Published:
Amstelodami : Typis Gabrielis de Roy, 1658.
Description:
[16], 156 [i.e. 160], [72] p. : ill., port. ; 18 cm (8vo)
Credit:
Purchased on the Gordon N. Ray Fund 1990.
Notes:
"Jon. Amos ComenI" precedes Dutch title on t.p.
Added engraved t.p.: Jon. Amos ComenI Portael der saecken en spraecken. Vestibulum rerum et linguarum.
An imposition error in gathering [E] repeats plate 237-43 facing p. 66 and 275-77 facing 70. Plates 252-56 and 264-68 lacking.
Dedication signed: Ioannes Seidelius.
First Dutch ed.; first published in Latin in 1652.
In the main sequence, page numbers 35-36 and 75-76 are repeated.
Introduction in Latin; text in Dutch and Latin on alternate lines; indices in the languages ([72] p. at end).
Signatures: *⁸ A⁸ [B]-[E]⁸ F-O⁸ P⁴.
Binding:
Contemporary vellum.
Variant Title:
Eerste deel der school-geleertheyd
Provenance:
Mildred Greenhill (bookplate), H. Bradley Martin (bookplate).
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