KNAPIUSZ Grzegorz - Thesauri Polono Latino Graeci Gregorii Cnapii (...) Tomus Tertius Continens Adagia Polonica selecta 1632 [1st EDITION].

Thesauri Polono Latino Graeci Gregorii Cnapii e Societate Iesu, Tomus Tertius. Continens Adagia Polonica selecta, & sententias morales ac dicteria faceta, honesta. Latine & Graece reddita. Quibus, praesertim obscurioribus, addita est lux & interpretatio ex variis auctoribus, ac multiplex eruditio passim inspersa

"Adagia Polonica, Polish proverbs selected, moral sentences and sayings witty, decent, in Latin and Greek reproduced, to which, especially the darker ones, have been given light and explanations from various writers, and in general have been seasoned with various scientific knowledge"

Estr. XV-XVIII vol. 19 pp. 337

Grzegorz Knapiusz, Knapski (1564 - 1638) - Polish Jesuit, philologist, lexicographer, paremiographer, poet and playwright.

Polish lexicography in the early 17th century was in a rather deplorable state. Meanwhile, the demand for a dictionary with the Polish side coming to the fore was great, first of all in schools, but also among the entire enlightened stratum of the time. This public demand was satisfied by Gregory Knapius, who compiled a large three-volume Polish-Latin-Greek dictionary. Particularly noteworthy is the third part of the dictionary - "Adagia Polonica", in which the author included a collection of Polish expressions, proverbs and phrases along with Latin and Greek translations.Although the third volume Knapius wrote along the lines of the humanistic works of Erasmus of Rotterdam and other European authors, but on Polish soil it was the first such work.Published for the first and only time in 1632 in Cracow, "Adagia Polonica" is now a rather rare print, since part of the edition was destroyed by students of the Cracow Academy who were in conflict with the Jesuits. The work is an extremely valuable resource for modern researchers. In addition to linguistic research, the quotations from the writings of ancient authors contained in the collection provide a basis for research on rhetorical culture in the former Republic, more specifically, on various aspects of the functioning of references to ancient authors (after T. Nastulczyk: "Classical proverbs as an element of seventeenth-century rhetorical culture. From studies of the collection of Adagia Polonica by Gregory Knapius"; J. Puzynina: Thesaurus by G. Knapiusz, a seventeenth-century workshop on language)

Year of publication: Cracoviae 1632, typis Francisci Caesarii

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9 nlb. pages missing (author's preface; approval of the edition by the Diocese of Cracow; royal privilege issued on behalf of Sigismund III Vasa), dictionary part fully preserved.

Format: 21 x 16 cm

Binding: period, parchment on board, with knurled decoration in Renaissance type, in mirror enriched with central medallion with motif of crucifixion of Christ/ card trims stained/ on edge of facings fragments of brass clasps

Condition: consistent, 9 nlb. pages missing, understicking/filling of upper margin of one page, minor dry traces of former flooding in places [minor discoloration of paper - no harm to text], minor soiling on upper edge of pp. 367 [no harm to text], small pinholes on part of pages [trace of insect activity - no harm to text, outside errata - no harm to 4 words], very rare marginalia and underlining in text, small foreign numerical signature on facing page [crayon], small foreign early signatures on title page [pen, partially rubbed], [PROVENANCE: on facing page stamp "Book Collection of Edward Nepros no. 1919"*], cover, loss of leather covering on spine and corners of cover, crack in leather covering at edge of spine

*EdwardNepros (1870-1928) - Industrialist, president of the Perfume Industry Association in Poland. Bibliophile and art collector, philatelist and exhibitor. A rich collection of stamps, books and works of art was put on display after Nepros' death at an auction organized by the Warsaw "House of Art", which issued a catalog for the occasion (https://mbc.cyfrowemazowsze.pl/dlibra/publication/57140). Due to the size of Nepros' library, the catalog did not include books, but only the information "Bibljoteka comprising more than seven thousand cataloged volumes. Catalog for viewing at the "Art House"

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