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Inleiding in de fabelkunde der oude Grieken en Romeinen, door Christiaan Tobias Damm, rector van het Koninglyk Gymnasium te Berlin. Naar den vyfden druk uit het Hoogduitsch vertaald.
Leiden (Leyden), By W.H. Gryp, 1786.
Reference : 120231
8vo. (II),VIII,348,(XX) p. Half calf 16 cm (Details: Back ruled gilt. Marbled endpapers) (Condition: Binding scuffed, back rubbed, corners bumped. Stamp on front flyleaf, 3 stamps on the title) (Note: Christian Tobias Damm, 1699-1778, 'Rector am köllnischen Gymnasium zu Berlin', 'im grauen Kloster' in the 'Klosterstrasse' was a solid classicist, and one of the first German scholars who stressed the excellence of Greek literature and its language compared to Roman literature and language. He also stressed the necessity of imitating the Greek examples for the improvement of national education. He wanted to make the masterpieces of Greek poetry accessable for a general public with litteral and trusty translations. He produced a Lexicon Pindaricum, and Novem lexicon Graecum etymologicum et reale, cui pro basi substratae sunt concordantiae et elucidationes homericae et Pindaricae. (Berlin, 1765) He also made a much criticized translation of Homer. One critic accused him of having murdered Homer. He had more success with his manual of Greek and Roman mythology: 'Einleitung in die Götterlehre und Fabelgeschichte der ältesten griechischen und römischen Welt'. (Berlin 1763) (Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie 4 (1876), p. 718) This manual remained in use in Germany well into the 19th century, and was translated into Dutch and Norwegian. The manual was reissued several times in Holland. The Dutch publisher of this 1786 edition misunderstood 'Köllnisches Gymnasium' and had 'Koninglyk' (Royal), printed on the title page) (Collation: pi1, *4, A-Z8, 2A2) (Photographs on request)
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