Author: TORRE Antonius van :
Title: Dialogi familiares litterarum Tyronibus in pietatis scholae, ludorum exercitationibus utiles, & necessarii. Editio Nona. Auctior & multi correctior.
Description: .: Antuarpiæ ( Antwerpen ) , Apud Viduam & Haeredes Reneri Sleghers, Typographi ip platea dicta de Cammer-straet, sub signo Scuti Artesiæ, 1691, in-8°, (16) nn pp + 225 pp + (15) nn pp ( complete). Bound in contemporary vellum, with traces of ties, manuscript title on smooth spine. Loss of vellum at the outer edges of the binding, some notes and inkstains at the paste downs and the fly leaves, sparse stains at the text leaves. Still an acceptable copy of a 17th c. schoolbook for the study of Latin by Dutch speaking students. The texts are printed in two columns : left in Latin , right in Dutch ( Dutch text is printed in Gothic type ). The author Antonius van Torre ( Aalst 1615 - Kortrijk 1679) was a FlemishJesuit. This Latin schoolbook was a very popular instrument for teaching Latin. The first edition is from 1657. It was reprinted well into the 18thc.. .

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