Ambrosii Calepini Bergomatis eremitani Dictionarium.

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From bookseller's description: [F]irst edition of the most successful and widely reprinted reference book of the early modern period, which went through an astonishing 166 editions in the sixteen century, followed by 32 in the seventeenth and 13 in the eighteenth. Calepino, an Augustinian monk, "dev...

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Uniform Title:Dictionarium. 1502
Main Author: Calepino, Ambrogio, 1435-1511 (Author)
Other Authors: Bertochus, Dionysius, active 15th century (Printer)
Language:Latin
Greek, Ancient (to 1453)
Language and/or Writing System:
Text in Latin and Ancient Greek.
Published: Imp[re]ssum Rhegii Lingobardiae [Reggio Emilia] : I[n]dustria presbyteri Dionysii Berthochi imp[re]ssoris, MDII [1502]
Subjects:
Latin language > Dictionaries > Early works to 1800.
Dictionaries > Italy > 16th century.
Marginalia (Provenance) > 16th century.
Marginalia (Provenance) > Italy > 16th century.
Genre:
Dictionaries
Early works to 1800.
Marginalia (Provenance)
Ownership and Custodial History:
Contemporary or near-contemporary Latin marginalia (in at least two hands) in several locations throughout; a few Italian words among the marginalia on leaf I6r; inscription on rear paste-down: Costa 1. 6s. Ven-. [obliterated], acquisto fatto dal Nubiè; bibliographical citations in Italian in two 19th-century hands on first front fly-leaf recto and leaf a1r; folded sheet with 19th-century owner's notes in Italian affixed to front paste-down; catalogue slip with manuscript notes in Italian (late 19th- or early 20th-century?) related to this volume found in item and now available in MS 466; bookseller's description from Jeremy Norman, Novato, California, along with correspondence with bookseller, available in MS 466 box 2 folder 95.
Local Note:
MSU: Two small holes in leaf a2 and one in leaf 2C8 slightly affect text.
MSU: First and final leaves remargined (one affected letter supplied in manuscript on leaf a1r); final leaf reinforced; marginal repairs to a number of other leaves.
Physical Description:888 unnumbered pages ; 32 cm (folio)
Variant Title:
Calepinus. Ad librum. Mos est putidus & nouus repertus
Format: Book

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