CHMIELOWSKI Benedykt - NOWE ATENY albo Akademia wszelkiey Scyencyi pełna, Na różne tytuły iak na Classes podzielona, Na różne tytuły iak na Classes podzielona, Na Mądym dla pamięciału, Idiotom dla nauki, Idiotom dla Praktyki, Melancholikom dla rozrywki

CHMIELOWSKI Benedykt - NOWE ATENY ... albo Akademia wszelkiey Scyencyi pełna, Na różne tytuły iak na Classes podzielona, Na różne tytuły iak na Classes podzielona, Mądym dla pamięciału, Idiotom dla nauki, Idiotom dla Praktyki, Melancholikom dla rozrywka algorowana alias.

Selection and compilation of text by Maria and John Joseph Lipsky. Graphic design and illustrations by Szymon Kobylinski, wrapper and embossing by Zofia Darowska. Latin translation by Wienczyslaw Zaryczny. LITERACKIE WYDAWNICTWA, KRAKÓW 1968. Dimensions 21.3x16cm; pp. 568, (numerous illustrations in the text), printed on wrapping paper. Publisher's cloth binding in wrappers (minimal fraying on spine of wrapper, folds and scuffs of wrapper) otherwise very good condition.

New Athens the first Polish universal encyclopedia, authored by Fr. Benedykt Chmielowski. The encyclopedia had two editions, the first in 1745-1746 and the second, supplemented and expanded, in 1754-1764. Fr. Chmielowski's encyclopedia has a factual arrangement, i.e. the entries are not arranged alphabetically, but are grouped into thematic sections. The news covering more than a dozen fields of knowledge is taken from more than a hundred authors, ranging from the ancients, such as Pliny the Elder, to his contemporaries; many of them are accompanied by the author's commentary, which is not devoid of criticism, in others the author cites prominent personalities of antiquity to brand his own insights.