Word: latine
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Latin Europeans viewed askance last week an invitation transmitted by the U. S. State Department to France and Italy suggesting that "observers" from those nations would be welcome at the projected Coolidge Three-Power naval disarmament parley (TIME, Feb. 21) of the U. S., Britain and Japan. Newspapers in Paris and Rome seemed predominantly against the sending of "observers" by their Governments, but Rome made no official reply last week...
There are several other exhibits also on show at Widener, rare tomes to delight the bibliophile, leaves from ancient Greek manuscripts and old Latin Grammars...
...rarest feature of the exhibition is two leaves from an ancient Latin grammar, one of the first text books printed in England. The only other remnants of this early edition known to be extant, are two similar leaves now in the keeping of the British Museum...
...apart the bindings of an old book. This pasteboard binding had been made by glueing together odd pages, two of which were the rare old leaves now on exhibition. The leaves were used for binding because they contained errors, as was discovered by comparing them with corresponding pages of Latin editions of the same text-book for which they were intended...
There are also on display several different editions illustrating the development of the story of Reynard the Fox. One of these, printed in England in 1701 is entitled "History of Reynard the Fox, Newly Corrected and Purged from All Grossness in Phrase and Matter." The other editions are in Latin or German...