De Abusu linguae Graecae

ON THE ABUSE OF THE GREEK LANGUAGE
in certain words
which Latin adopts, an ADMONITION
by Henri Estienne.
Fr. Jont

A QUATRAIN BY THE SAME
He who was not Greek was once called a barbarian:
But I lament that what was Greek before is now made barbarian.
Offer thanks to this little book, you shades of the Greeks:
For by its help, their barbarism is put to flight.

Printer's device of Henri Estienne: a man standing by an olive tree, reaching up to pick fruit. A banner wrapped around the tree trunk reads "NOLI ALTVM SAPERE" Do not be high-minded. A circular library stamp "BIBLIOTHEQUE PUBLIQUE DE GENEVE" is superimposed over the right side of the image.