Joannis Joachimi Becheri Methodus didactica, seu, Clavis et praxis super Novum suum organon philologicum.

Methodus didactica, seu, Clavis et praxis super Novum suum organon philologicum

Franckfurt : In Verlag Johann David Zunners, druckts Balthasar Christoph Wust, 1674.

48 unnumbered pages, 176 pages ; 17 cm (8vo)

Zweyte Edition.

Key to the use of Becher's 'Novum organum philologicum' (2nd ed., 1674).

Copy 1 Supplier/Donor: R. Gaskell. Note: Bound with his: Novum organum philologicum (2nd ed., 1674). For a description of this copy, see D. McKie, "Three historical notes", Nature, v. 163 (1949), pp. 627-8. Binding: Contemp. blind-ruled mottled calf, edges gilt. Provenance: 1. Possibly Robert Boyle (1627-91). This may be implied by a note in Robert Hooke's diary: see McKie. 2. Robert Hooke (1635-1703), with his ownership inscription on front free endpaper verso: "R. Hooke pd. 21d. Mar.25.1693 MF" [Moorfields]. Verified by McKie: matches entry for that date in Hooke's diary. Lot 463 in the Latin 8vo section of the Hooke library sale: see E. Millington, Bibliotheca Hookiana (1703), p. 31. 3. Trotter family, with 19th cent. engraved armorial bookplates on front pastedown and front free endpaper verso. 4. Douglas McKie (1896-1967).

Latin and German in parallel columns.