CHMIELOWSKI Benedykt - Nowe Atheny, Albo Akademia Wszelkiey Scyencyi pełna, Na różne tytuły iak na Classes podzielona, Mą...

CHMIELOWSKI Benedykt - Nowe Ateny, Albo Akademia Wszelkiey Scyencyi pełna, Na różne tytuły iak na Classes podzielona, Mądym dla memoryału, Idiotom dla nauki, Politykom dla Praktyki, Melancholikom dla rozrywka ergowana alias... Cracow 1968. published by Wydawnictwo Literackie. 8, pp. 568. original cloth binding, wraps.
Minor edge tears to the wrapper, otherwise very good condition. Numerous illustrations in the text. Selection and compilation of the text by Maria and Jan Józef Lipski. Graphic design and illustrations by Szymon Kobylinski, wrapper and embossing by Zofia Darowska.
Includes, among others: Author's presentation. To the Gracious Reader. Theologian in Divine Things Idiot. On astronomy, astrology y prognostics. The small world's great wonders. Mundi Mirabilia. The New Animal House of Selective only and peculiar animals full, and in it under the heading KOŃ we read "Koń iaki iest, każdy widzi". About the Polish Kingdom. Wielki lingwista albo Scyencya o Językach. O Rzeczypospolitey y iey Administrowanie.
Benedykt Joachim Chmielowski herbu Nałęcz (1700 - 1763) - Polish Catholic priest, canon of Kiev, devotional writer, author of New Athens , the first Polish encyclopedia.