315. Meniński, (Franciszek) Franciscus `a Mesgnien: Institutiones...

... linguae Turcicae, cum rudimentis parallelis linguarum Arabicae & Persicae. Editio altera methodo linguam Turcicam suo marte discendi aucta. Curante Adamo Francisco Kollar, Hungaro Neosolensi... Tom(i) I-II [bound together].
Vindobonae, 1756. Ex typographeo orientali Schilgiano. (14)+256+252+(2)p.
The Lorraine-born author worked at the Polish embassy in Istanbul in the 17th century. This work – a comparative Turkish grammar – was one of the results of his job there, first published in 1680. This – second – edition was published under the supervision of the Hungarian Ferenc Ádám Kollár.
Later half cloth. Title page and last leaf slightly damaged, some leaves restored.
Poss.: According to the Latin inscription on the last page, Antal Sándor from Slavnica gave it to his acquaintance, János (the family name was removed) in 1790.
 
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