PIOTR BIRON, PRINCE OF COURLAND. A DESCRIPTION OF THE STATUTES OF THE ACADEMIC SCHOOL ESTABLISHED BY [...]IN 1773 IN MITAWA. WARSAW 1774 [ CURLAND, LATVIA, EDUCATION, LAW, TEACHING OF MATHEMATICS, PHYSICS, DEAD LANGUAGES, THEOLOGY, AND ORIENTAL LANGUAGES

Piotr Biron, Prince of Courland. A Description of the Regulations of the Academic School Established in 1773 in Mitava by His Serene Highness, the Enlightened Prince Piotr, Prince of Courland. Translatedfrom German into Polish. Warsaw 1774. Format: 18.5 x 15 cm, [2] + 64 pages

Contemporary cardboard binding with soiling, insect damage, occasional pencil markings and stains, stamp marks, tears on several pages, a crack in the block, and an old ownership inscription on the title page.

A collection of statutes regulating the conditions for establishing the first institution of higher education in Courland (a fief of the Kingdom of Poland, present-day Latvia), founded by Prince Peter Biron. A school for young nobility was opened in Mitava, and the present volume precisely outlines, among other things, the requirements for teachers of the subjects to be taught at the institution.

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