De praecipuis Graecae dictionis idiotismis libellus (A Little Book on the Principal Idioms of Greek Speech)
Leiden: J. A. Langerak, 1742. Later edition. Hardcover. Octavo. [20], 508; [98, indexes], [2, blank]pp. Title in red and black, with engraved printer’s vignette. Text in Latin, interspersed with passages in Greek. Contemporary vellum (lightly soiled), manuscript title at spine. Covers lightly soiled, else a very good copy, with clean, crisp text.
Collation: [asterisk]8 2[asterisk]2, A-Z8, Aa-Ii8, Kk-Xx4 (= 314 leaves; Tt3 signed Tt5; blank Xx4).
First edition of this popular manual to be edited by Hendrik Hoogeveen. “The Jesuit François Vigier, or Vigerus, of Rouen [1590-1647]… broke the ordinary Jesuit tradition of the predominant study of Latin by producing a work on the principal idioms of Greek" (Sandys). Remarkable for its longevity, this guide was originally published at Paris by Sébastien Cramoisy in 1627, and quickly became a standard text; the series of augmented editions prepared by Hermann carried it well into the nineteenth century. The author was professor of humanities and rhetoric at Bourges and Paris, and edited a Latin translation with commentary of the Preparatio Evangelica of Eusebius. Very Good-. Item #49284
References: De Backer & Sommervogel 8:743; Sandys 2:287; STCN 240676629; Cf. Vancil, Cordell Collection, p.244 (ed. 1680)
Full title and imprint: De praecipuis Graecae dictionis idiotismis libellus... Illustravit, perpetuis animadversionibus & quamplurimis idiotismis auxit... Lugduni Batavorum: apud Johan. Arnoldum Langerak, MDCCXLII.
Price: $225.00