Suada Delphica sive Orationes LVIX Varii Argumenti - Crucius, Jacobus 1560-1625 (Amsterdam Janssonius, 1693)
Johannes Crucius, was a Dutch theologian. He is known for his translations of religious works From Latin and Dutch into French, most notably by Antonius Walaeus.
subtitle: "a manual for the studious youth of the art of oratory"
topics covered include logic, languages, virtues and vices, saints and historical figures, poetry, good wars, etc.
the slightly damaged frontispiece shows a priest delivering an oration from the pulpit
Ex libris B. De Bam ex Berlaer (manuscript)
Ex libris E. Gerimont (manuscript)
Keywords: 17th Century (1601-1700); Rhetoric; Classical education; Netherlands