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DU CANGE, Carolus Dufresne

Glossarium ad scriptores mediae et infimae latinitatis.
Paris
Gabriel Martin / Louis Billaine
1678
€200 - €400

3 vol. in folio, beautiful engraved frontispiece, representing the weeping over the Barbarian's raid (by G. Nolin after S. Le Clercet). Illustrated with 6 full-page engravings (coins) and 11 beautiful engraved plates (Byzantine art) outside collation at the end of vol.
3. Some foxing, a few lvs. heavily browned. Contemporary vellum bindings, titles in ink on spine, some loss of vellum at the ends of the spines. Overall in good condition

Provenance:
Bibl. Hageveld. First edition of the famous dictionary of post-classical Latin (medieval and Neo-Latin), composed by Charles Du Cange (1610-1688). Du Cange's pioneering work distinguished medieval Latin and Greek from their earlier classical forms, marking the beginning of the study of the historical development of languages. Réf. Brunet, II, 851

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