Lot 1069
1069
(MOTTE, B.). Oratio dominica polúglôttos, polúmorphos. Nimirum, plus centum linguis, versionibus, aut chaacteribus reddita & expressa. [Half-ti.: The Lords Prayer in above a hundred languages, versions, and characters]. Ed. novissima. Lond., D. Brown & W. Keblewhite, 1700. (8), 70 pp. Cont. brds., uncut. In cl. box. (Upper margin stained at the end, a bit browned/foxed).
A rare collection of Dominical orations/paternosters in more than hundred languages, including Ethiopic and Amharic, Coptic, Arabic, Samarian, Syriac, various Slavonic types, Georgian, Armenian, and others. The final two pages contain a listing of the word "Pater" in 87 languages and dialects.€ 240
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