F. Ambrosii Calepini Bergomensis.Dictionarium septem linguarum, Hebraicę, Gręcę, Latinę, Italicę, Germanicę, Hispanicę, & Gallicę

Calepinus, Ambrosius

Published by Apud Ioannem Guerilium, Venetiis, 1618

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Cui hac nostra sexta editione, folio, [2], 476, 18, 18, 56 ll.; [pi-pi2] A-3M8 3N-3O6 ?-3?6 A-C6 A-G8; engraved title page printed in red and black, woodcut initials and head- and tail-pieces; text in double column; 20th-century cream paper-covered boards, manuscript paper spine label; first and last few leaves quite ragged along edges with some small loss of text to F2 and F4 of the fourth section; marginal worming affecting text from E8-H6 of first section; occasional heavy browning and dampstaining, else a good, sound copy. This famous and durable polyglot dictionary was first published as a Latin lexicon in Reggio in 1502, and was gradually augmented by a series of editors to include up to ten languages, including English. "During the whole period of the Renaissance scarcely an important dictionary was published which did not reflect directly or indirectly the influence of Calepine" (Starnes). Labarre 181.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: F. Ambrosii Calepini Bergomensis.Dictionarium septem linguarum, Hebraicę, Gręcę, Latinę, Italicę, Germanicę, Hispanicę, & Gallicę
• Publisher: Apud Ioannem Guerilium, Venetiis
• Publication Date: 1618
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