CHOMPRE; SZYBINSKI - DICTIONARY OF MYTOLOGY OR HISTORY OF GODS FABULOUS, 1784

CHOMPRE Pierre (1698-1760); SZYBIŃSKI Dominik Gabriel (1730-1799). Tł.

MYTOLOGICAL DICTIONARY OR HISTORY OF THE GODS FABULOUS

By an Abecadło Disposed Serving to Understand Poems, Ancient Sequences, Painters' and Woodcarvers' Arts, Palace Ornaments, Garden Ornaments, Theatrical Ornaments, Headstones, Numismatics, Allegorical Discourses, Concepts.

Written in French from P. Chompre and in Polish Language Arranged from X. Dominik Szybinski

Edycya Polska druga, powiększona i dokładysza.

Warsaw 1784, published and printed by Michał Gröll [...], pp [12], 413, [1]; format: 11x18 cm

Mythological dictionary compiled by Dominik Szybinski (1723-1799), historian, Piarist, teacher at Piarist colleges. "He was a man of rare wit, thorough virtue, extensive knowledge and erudition, fluent in various languages" (Orgelbrand).

Adictionary for "understanding poems, ancient xiagas, the arts of painting and woodcarving, palace and garden ornaments, numismatics...".

HARDCOVER HALF LEATHER BINDING OF THE PERIOD. MARBLED PAPERBOARD

Condition DB/ rubbing of binding, trace of former flooding of upper corner of initial k., ink stain on margin of several pages