Septem linguarum Calepinus. Hoc est lexicon latinum, variarum linguarum interpretatione adjecta in usum Seminarii patavini
Patavii: Typis Seminarii...Apud Joannem Manfrè, 1752. Editio septima emendatior, & auctior, 2 volumes in one, folio, pp. [8], 464, [2], 481, [1], 24, 86; [†]4 A-2P6 2Q4 [*]2 A-2R6 a-h6 i8; f missigned F; woodcut printer's mark and initials, title page printed in red and black, text primarily in double column; full contemporary calf, elaborately gilt-tooled spine in 7 compartments, all edges marbled, marbled endpapers; minor scuffing to binding; half title page starting to loosen, small stain affecting a couple of words to Vol. I leaf D, minor loss to Vol. II leaf I6, else textblock very good and sound. "The first edition (1502) in Latin only, was issued at Reggio. Subsequent editions were issued regularly in various towns. According to Brunet, at least 16 editions were issued by Aldus between 1542 and 1583. The "Calepine," as it came to be called, was gradually augmented to include various languages: Hebrew, Greek, French, Italian, German, Spanish and English. It continued to be printed throughout the 16th and 17th [and 18th centuries]. During the whole period of the Renaissance scarcely an important dictionary was published which did not reflect directly or indirectly the influence of Calepine … at once a dictionary abounding in grammatical and etymological information and an encyclopedia especially instructive about men and matters of antiquity" (Starnes, Renaissance Dictionaries, 51-2). Labarre 207. Item #43259
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