![6Dictionary.- Calepinus (Ambrosius) Calepinus. Ad librum. Mos est putidus & novus repertus, [Reggio Emilia], [Dionysius Bertochus], 1502.](https://am-s3-bucket-assets.s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com/forum/prod/lot_images/xlarge/9d18f4e2-9a90-ee11-b864-d4548b6f1f2f/dd8869eb-4191-ee11-817a-6045bdcfd69d.webp "6Dictionary.- Calepinus (Ambrosius) Calepinus. Ad librum. Mos est putidus & novus repertus, [Reggio Emilia], [Dionysius Bertochus], 1502.")
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Dictionary.- Calepinus (Ambrosius) Calepinus. Ad librum. Mos est putidus & novus repertus, [Reggio Emilia], [Dionysius Bertochus], 1502.
Hammer Price: £700
Description
Dictionary.- Calepinus (Ambrosius) Calepinus. Ad librum. Mos est putidus & novus repertus, collation: a10 b-x8 y10 z8 &8 ?8 Rx8 A-Z8 Et8 Cõ8 Ru8 2A-2C8, double column, woodcut decorative initials, early ink notes to final verso, lacking 2 ff. from sig. a, first and last ff. repaired with some loss of text, a few other ff. with marginal repairs, G1 tear within text with loss of a few letters, water-stained, 20th century vellum-backed boards, spine stained, folio (308 x 194mm.), [Reggio Emilia], [Dionysius Bertochus], 1502. sold not subject to return.
⁂ Rare first edition of this important dictionary. Calepino's name became synonymous with the 16th century dictionary in Europe.
Literature: Adams C202; EDIT 16 CNCE 8416.
Description
Dictionary.- Calepinus (Ambrosius) Calepinus. Ad librum. Mos est putidus & novus repertus, collation: a10 b-x8 y10 z8 &8 ?8 Rx8 A-Z8 Et8 Cõ8 Ru8 2A-2C8, double column, woodcut decorative initials, early ink notes to final verso, lacking 2 ff. from sig. a, first and last ff. repaired with some loss of text, a few other ff. with marginal repairs, G1 tear within text with loss of a few letters, water-stained, 20th century vellum-backed boards, spine stained, folio (308 x 194mm.), [Reggio Emilia], [Dionysius Bertochus], 1502. sold not subject to return.
⁂ Rare first edition of this important dictionary. Calepino's name became synonymous with the 16th century dictionary in Europe.
Literature: Adams C202; EDIT 16 CNCE 8416.
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