Dictionnaire abrégé de la fable ou de la mythologie - Choffin, David Étienne 1703-1773; Gründler, Gottfried August Herzogl. Sächs. Hofmaler und Universitätskupferstecher zu Halle 1710-1775 (Halle Maison des Orphelins, 1780)
Engraved frontispiece; title page in red and black ink, with editor's emblem depicting sunbeams & cultivated land with the Latin motto "Illo splendente levabor" ("By His splendor I will be exalted"; intended to testify to the godliness of the institution) and the initials WH (referring to Weisenhaus Halle - La Maison des Orphelins à Halle). The sower in the foreground was interpreted by Bible-loving contemporaries as a reference to the Gospel of Mark (4:14): "The sower sows the word." And this was precisely Francke's basic concern: to change the world by means of the word.
Choffin was a scholar and philologist, born in Héricourt (F) on October 2, 1703, died in Halle (D) in January 1773. He obtained the double position of professor of modern languages at the school of the Orphans and at the university of Halle, and he contributed by his writings and his lessons to spread the use of French in Saxony.
Bound in with 'Amusemens philologiques en prose et en vers’
Originally published in 1750
Pour l'intelligence des poètes, de l'histoire fabuleuse, des tableaux, des monumens historiques, des termes d'astronomie & de l'excellent poème épique, intitulé les avantures de Télémaque servant de supplément aux amusements philologiques
Keywords: 18th Century (1701-1800); Dictionary; Mythology; Literature; Halle (Saale, Germany); ??