Exercitationes de lingua primaeva

First edition with a beautiful allegorical frontispiece showing the city of Babylon and its tower of languages in the background, and 4 folding plates of medals and coins.

Armorial copy with the arms of the city of Amsterdam.
Contemporary Dutch binding in full marbled brown sheep. Decorated spine with raised bands. Black morocco title label. Arms of the city of Amsterdam stamped in gilt at the center of the boards. Framing fillet with fleurons in the corners, framing frieze. Edges gilt. Some rubbing. Gilt slightly faded. Handsome copy.

Study on the sources and history of the earliest languages (Phoenician, Canaanite, Hebrew, Greek...). Notable for numerous passages in Hebrew and Greek. The author was professor of oriental languages at Utrecht.