BOBROWSKI - SŁOWNIK ŁACIŃSKO-POLSKI Vilnius 1822

BOBROWSKI Floryan

LEXICON LATINO-POLONICUM.

LATIN-POLISH DICTIONARY

based on the model of Jakóba Facciolati's dictionary

By ... arranged.

Vilnius 1822. published and printed by Joseph Zawadzki, typographer of the Imperial University, pp: XII, 1232, [1],format: 15x23.5 cm.

HARDCOVER HALF-LEATHER BINDING OF THE PERIOD, FLAT SPINE WITH SIGNBOARD AND GILT DECORATIONS

First edition of the well-knowndictionary byF. Bobrowski (1779-1846), a Jesuit priest and lexicographer.

"It included 1232 pages of three-page fine print (154 acres) [...]. 20 years later, the son of Joz. Zawadzki, Adam, published a new edition of Bobrowski's 'Dictionary,' reworked and enlarged" (PSB).

Rare!

DB condition/ binding scuffs, spine rubbed and chipped, stamp on front pastedown, owner's entry on title page, this one slightly bent, back pastedown scrawled with marker, block in definitely good condition