Gazophylacium, seu Latino-Illyricorum onomaturn aerarium

Joannes Bellosztenecz

Zagreb

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Stari Grad

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1998

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Facsimile Edition.

25cm x 17cm. [xxiv], 650, [xlii] pages. Faux brown leather, 4 false raised bands, gilt lettering on tan spine label, all edges red, brown cloth slipcase with gilt lettering and decoration, paper label. Text is bilingual, Latin and Croatian.

Gazophylacium, or Latin-Illyricum treasury, enriched with select synonyms, phraseology, constructions of words, metaphors, also illustrated by many authors’ sentences in the Illyric idiom. Illyricum was a Roman province that existed from 27 BC to around 70CE. It corresponded to part or all of today’s Croatia, Albania, Kosovo, Montenegro, Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Slovenia. Accompanied by a 56 page explanatory booklet by Ivan Belostenec, in Croatian, with a multilingual summary in English, Italian, and German. Limited Edition of 999 copies of which this is number 12.

Near Fine Condition in Good Slipcase. Minor rubs to raised bands. Slipcase spine cloth with some insect damage and peeling at one corner. Label on slipcase peeling and with minor soiling. Very Good Condition.