PROSODIA HENRICI SMETII medicinae d. prom[p]tissima : qua syllabarum positione & diphthongis carentium quantitates, sola veterum poetarum auctoritate, adductis exemplis, demonstrat.
by Smet, Henrich
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Sumptibus Ant. de Harsy, Lugduni Batavorum (Lyon): ., 1603 LACKS FIRST TWO LEAVES, INCLUDING TITLE PAGE pp. 12 [of 16], 19, 458, [10]. Small 8vo. 190 mm. **EARLY GERMANIC PLAQUE STAMPED ALUM TAWED VELLUM BINDING. The front board has a portrait of Martin Luther and on the rear board is a similar portrait of Philip Melanchthon. The boards are almost detached. No clasps. These plaque stamped bindings are rarely found in the current antiquarian book market. quite scarce. Several early ownerships including one (unidentified) from 1652. Later stamped ownership of William Harris. Henrich Smet (also Henricus Smetius Alostanus, Henricus Smetius a Leda, or Hendrik de Smet) (1535-1614) of Heidelberg was a physician and humanist scholar. The first edition of Prosodia came out in 1599 at Frankfurt. In 1603 Antoine de Harsy (fl. 1572-1607) published this second edition. It was a very popular anthology of Latin quotations and their authors that functioned as a kind of students' dictionary of phrases that could be quickly traced to the correct classical author. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! SAFE ADD 1. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Good.
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- PROSODIA HENRICI SMETII medicinae d. prom[p]tissima : qua syllabarum positione & diphthongis carentium quantitates, sola veterum poetarum auctoritate, adductis exemplis, demonstrat.
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- Smet, Henrich
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- Sumptibus Ant. de Harsy, Lugduni Batavorum (Lyon): .
- Date Published
- 1603
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- LATIN BINDING LANGUAGE GRAMMAR DICTIONARY EDUCATION SCHOOL BOOK. PHILIP MELANCHTHON MARTIN LUTHER CLASSICS 1603
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