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CALEPINO, Ambrogio

Dictionarium undecim linguarum respondent autem Latinis vocabulis, Hebraica, Graeca, Gallica, Italica, Germanica, Belgica, Hispanica, Polonica, Ungarica, Anglica
Basel
Seb. Henricpetri
-1590
€160 - €200

In-folio, [8] 1655 [1]; 316 [2] pp, title page entirely mounted, beautiful woodcut initials, woodcut printer's device on last page. Quire K and last blank leaf of part II missing. 16th century edition. Polyglot dictionary including no less than 11 languages (Latin, Greek, French, Italian, Polish, Hungarian, English etc.). The 2nd part comprises the "onomasticon" by the Swiss botanist and bibliographer Konrad Gessner. Water stains, some corners torn. Modern binding : three-quarter brown cloth, marbled paper boards, flat spine with brown title label

Ambrogio Calepino (1435-1511) consacra toute sa vie à la composition de son dictionnaire. En italien 'Calepino' est devenu synonyme pour un gros livre ancien. Ref. Adams C-223

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