A NEW AND ACCURATE [EDITION]

OF THE COMENIAN VESTIBULE original: "Vestibulum Comenianum." The Vestibulum (literally "entrance hall") was a famous introductory textbook for Latin students written by the pioneering educator John Amos Comenius (1592–1670).

Edition of Saint Genevieve, 1733

By the consent of the Distinguished Faculty of Philosophy in the Royal Academy,

so arranged,

that

the Reverend, Excellent, and Most Learned Man,

MR. CHRISTOPHER LIEBRUDER

Pastor of the Polish Church in Königsberg original: "Regiomontum," the Latin name for the city of Königsberg, which was a major intellectual hub in Prussia.

by his care and effort

A POLISH VERSION

has been added;

41. From the Library of Saint Genevieve of Paris, 1753

[and] through the zeal of the Rectors of the Schools of Königsberg, all

themes In this context, "themes" likely refers to the grammatical roots or primary subject matter of the lessons. have been added to the text on the opposite side, along with their primary

accidents accidentia: the grammatical properties of a word, such as case, gender, and tense added.

On the left, a circular library stamp reads "LIBRARY OF SAINT GENEVIEVE" around a central "SG" monogram. In the center of the page is a woodcut printer's device featuring a hand emerging from a cloud, grasping a writhing snake over a flaming pyre; a scroll wrapped around the arm bears the motto "WHO IS AGAINST US?" original: "QUIS CONTRA NOS," an allusion to the biblical phrase "If God is for us, who can be against us?". To the right of this device is a handwritten inscription in brown ink: "JH Wentzel of Limburg on the Lahn, 1644."

With the Privilege of His Royal Majesty of Poland and the Most Serene

Elector of Brandenburg.

KÖNIGSBERG,

From the presses of PASCHALIS MENSENI.