Basilius Fabri - Thesaurus Eruditionis Scholasticae - 1749

This is the title page of the Thesaurus Eruditionis Scholasticae, an influential Latin dictionary and textbook compiled by the German humanist Basilius Faber (Basilius Fabri) and later augmented by scholars such as Christoph Cellarius and Johann Matthias Gesner.

Large edition 27x42x12

Contains up to 1,308 pages, but each leaf is numbered with two numbers.

An antique parchment Amsterdam prize binding (an official volume that formerly was awarded as a school prize at a Latin school in Amsterdam), recognizable by the stamped city coat of arms with the three crosses on the front cover.

The book has lived a heavy but good life as shown in the photos.