Gradus ad Parnassum, sive, Novus synonymorum, epithetorum, phrasium poeticarum, ac versuum thesaurus
Subtitle: Smetium, Januam Musarum, Delectum epithetorum, Parnassum poëticum, Elegantias poëticas, Thesaurum Virgilii, aliosque omnes id genus libros ad poësim necessarios complectens : in quo singulis syllabis appositae sunt notae quantitatis indices, unà cum poëtarum testimoniis ordine alphabetico adjunctis ... : addita sunt genera & crementa omnia nominum ac verborum, praeterita & supina, cum omnium vocabulorum interpretatione Gallicâ : accedunt quae ex historiâ, fabulâ & geographiâ ad poëticam artem conferunt, Gallico & Latino idiomate ... inseruntur descriptiones & comparationes ex optimis poëtis exerptae.
Contributors: Aler, Paul, 1656-1727.; Pre-1801 Imprint Collection (Library of Congress)
Edition: Editio novissima, praecedentibus longè auctior & emendatior.
Publisher: Ex typographia privilegio distincta
Published: 1788
Place of publication: Rothomagi [Rouen, France]
Language: lat
Number of pages: 1004
Subjects: Latin language -- Quantity -- Early works to 1800; Latin language -- Synonyms and antonyms -- Early works to 1800; Latin language -- Epithets -- Early works to 1800; Latin language -- Dictionaries -- French -- Early works to 1800
Genres: Early works to 1800.; Dictionaries
Other titles: sive, Novus synonymorum, epithetorum, phrasium poeticarum, ac versuum thesaurus
Work titles: Gradus ad Parnassum
Notes: First published in 1652 as "Synonymorum et epithetorum thesaurus," but later published with the title "Gradus ad Parnassum," by which the work is commonly known. Earlier editions attribute to Unus e Societate Jesu, who has sometimes been misidentified as Paul Aler. Aler was likely editor for multiple editions of the Gradus, but it is impossible for him to have written the original text.

Signatures: a-c⁴ A-6K⁴ 6L².

LC copy imperfect: pages trimmed with some loss of text.