1656 FAMOUS Calepino Dictionary 9 Language Lexicon Gallic Hebrew Greek ENGLISH +
Ambrogio Calepino was a 15th-century Italian lexicographer who is remembered only by his Latin dictionary. It was reprinted constantly throughout the 16th-century including more than a dozen issues by the famous Aldine Press alone! Following the Aldine issues, the 17th-century printings featured many other languages including Hebrew, Greek, Gallic, Italian, German, Spanish, Polish, English, and Belgian dialects.
1656 FAMOUS Calepino Dictionary 9 Language Lexicon Gallic Hebrew Greek ENGLISH +
Ambrogio Calepino was a 15th-century Italian lexicographer who is remembered only by his Latin dictionary. It was reprinted constantly throughout the 16th-century including more than a dozen issues by the famous Aldine Press alone! Following the Aldine issues, the 17th-century printings featured many other languages including Hebrew, Greek, Gallic, Italian, German, Spanish, Polish, English, and Belgian dialects.
Item number: #9761
Price: $950
CALEPINO, Ambrogio
Ambrosii Calepini Dictionarium, quanta maxima fide ac diligentia accurate emendatum, & tot recèns factis accessionibus ita locupletatum, ut iam Thesaurum Linguae Latinae…, adjectae sunt Latinis dictionibus hebraeae, graecae, gallicae, italicae, germanicae, hispanicae, atque anglicae… Prater alia omnia quae in hunc jusque diem fuerunt addita, praecipué à Joanne Passeratio,… Pro operis coronide adjictam est supplementum ex Glossis Isidori adornatum a R. P. Joanne Ludovico de La Cerda,… Editio novissima.
Lugduni, sumptibus Philippi Borde, Laurentii Arnaud, & Claudii Rigaud. M. DC. LVI. [1656].
Details:
- Collation: Complete with all pages; 2 parts in 1
- [8], 959, [1]; [2], 3-855, [1]
- Provenance:
- Bookplate – R.M.L. Pieux quoique preux.
- Pieux quoique preux is the Long family motto. Specifically, the Long’s of Longville, Jamaica, and Hampton Lodge, Surrey.
- Handwritten – Edward Long
- Edward Long (1734 – 1813) was a Jamaican-born British colonial administrator and historian, and author of a highly controversial work, The History of Jamaica (1774).
- Language: Latin and 8 others (as per the title page)
- Binding: Vellum; tight & secure
- Size: ~16in X 10.25in X 4.5in (41cm x 26cm x 12cm)
- Very rare and desirable
- Bookplate – R.M.L. Pieux quoique preux.
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9761
Category
Language Study & Reference
Authors
CALEPINO, Ambrogio
Printing Date
17th Century
Language
Latin
Binding
Vellum
Book Condition
Excellent
Collation
Complete