1598 Calepino GESNER 11 language 4 vol FOLIO DICTIONARY

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1598 Calepino GESNER 11 language 4 vol FOLIO DICTIONARY Calepino, Ambrogio ; Gesner, Conrad Ambrosii Calepini Dictionarium undecim linguarum ... : respondent autem Latinis vocabulis, Hebraica, Graeca, Gallica, Italica, Germanica, Belgica, Hispanica, Polonica, Ungarica, Anglica ... (Basileae : S. Henricpetri) 1598-1605 Folio. 4 volumes. 35.5 x 23.5 cms 1582, 302 pages (includes the Onomasticon propriorum nominum by Conrad Gesner) With numerous printer’s devices. Woodcut initials and devices. Late 17th Century boards with gilt labels to spine. [Dictionarium undecim linguarum, iam postremo accurata emendatione,. atque infinitorum locorum augmentatione, collectis ex bonorum autorum monumentis ... ita exornatum, ut hactenus studiosorum usibus accommodatius non prodierit ... Onomasticum vero: hoc est, propriorum nominum, regionum, gentium, urbium, montium ... catalogum ... seorsim adjunximus.]Ambrogio Calepino (Bergamo, c. 1450 – Bergamo, 1510) was an Italian lexicographer.He entered the Augustinian Order in 1458. His Latin dictionary, under the title of Cornucopiæ, appeared first in 1502 at Reggio. It was reprinted many times during the 16th century, Aldi alone producing no fewer than 18 editions from 1542 to 1592. Later editions were considerably enlarged. To the Latin of the original were added equivalents in other languages. Thus we have the Basle edition (1598) which contains eleven languages: "Ambrosii Calepini dictionarium undecim linguarum: respondent autem latinis vocabulis hebraica, græca, gallica, italica, germanica, belgica, hispanica, polonica, ungarica, angelica".Calepinus became a common name, a synonym of dictionary or lexicon, and we find titles like the following: Septem linguarum calepinus, hoc est, lexicon latinum. Calepino also wrote the life of St. John the Hermit which is found in the "Acta Sanctorum" for the 22nd of October. Condition:Some light age toning and spotting. Binding rubbed. Overall in very good condition.Large 7 Kilo set. See shipping costs. We send all our parcels within 48 hours of notification of payment. Our office is closed at the weekend. ANTIQUARIAT Daniel Good, Beromünster – Switzerland