KEBÊTOS THÊBAIOU PINAX. Cebes, des Thebaners Gemählde, mit erklärenden Anmerkungen und einem vollständigen Wortregister. Für Schulen bearbeitet von Johann David Büchling.

Meissen, Bey Karl Friedrich Wilhelm Erbstein, 1796. 8vo. 176 p. Contemporary boards 18 cm (Ref: VD18 11454512; Hoffmann 1,443; not in Graesse or Ebert) (Details: Schoolbook, with an introduction of 34 p. At the end an index verborum of 54 p. Greek text on the upper half of the page, German notes on the lower half) (Condition: Cover worn at the extremities. Paper slightly yellowing. Two ownership inscriptions on the front endpapers) (Note: The dialogue Cebetis tabula dates from the first century A.D., it was attributed to the philosopher Cebes, a student of the Athenian Socrates. In it an ancient temple painting, which caught the attention of two visitors, is explained by an old man. It is an allegorical picture on which the dangers and temptations of human life are symbolically represented. It shows that happiness can only be reached by a proper education and a virtuous life. This once popular ethical work is now almost forgotten. But in the 16th, 17th and 18th century it was widely read, especially by clerics and schoolboys. This edition of Büchling is meant for beginners, is told in the introduction. Experience in Privatuntericht and in the classroom has learned Büchling the usefulness of this text. § The German schoolmaster Johann David Büchling, 1762-1811, was born in Halle. He produced school editions of a great number of Roman and Greek school authors, e.g. Sallustius, Aesopus, Palaephatus, Cicero, Anacreon, Theophrastus, and Nepos) (Provenance: On the front pastedown 'Bibl. Scholae Cathedr. Gustrov acc. 1812'. Güstrow is a small city in Mecklenburg Vorpommern. The Cathedral School (Domschule) had a large library which was dispersed after WW II. The building, from 1575, still exists. On the flyleaf, difficult to read: 'Wilhelm .... Ludewig (?) Land, Grübenhagen den 26ten Märtz, 1797') (Collation: A-L8) (Photographs on request)