Apr 07, 2008 - Sale 2141

Sale 2141 - Lot 46

Price Realized: $ 240
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 250 - $ 350
COMENIUS, JAN AMOS. Janua Linguarum Trilinguis; sive, Johannis-Amos Comenii Janua linguarum novissime ab ipso authore recognita, aucta, emendata. 16 (of 17) engraved plates; lacks the portrait. [8], 274, [6] pages (with 2 leaves of preface misbound at end). 8vo, contemporary panelled calf, front joint cracked and restored at bottom; margins trimmed entering some headlines. 18th-century armorial bookplate of Beilby Thompson of Escrick. London: J. Redmayne for J. Williams, 1670

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Trilingual edition of Comenius's popular phrasebook, with English, Latin, and Greek in parallel columns. Wing C5519A.