RAICSAN (Joannes). *Colloquium sphyngis cum oedipo seu aenig - Lot 198

RAICSAN (Joannes). *Colloquium sphyngis cum oedipo seu aenigmata versibus proposita*... Tyrnaviae [Tyrnau, Nagyszombat, or Trnava], Typis Academicis, 1709. Small 12mo, grained sheepskin, smooth spine with decorative lettering (contemporary binding). An educational work comprising 450 short riddles in verse, composed by a Hungarian Jesuit. A rare printing from Trnava, a former city of the Kingdom of Hungary now located in Slovakia, where printing developed beginning in 1577 (Deschamps, col. 1227). Coat-of-arms stamp on the title page. Copy slightly truncated, with missing sections on the spine.

Estimate:£250.39

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