
Description
Lyon; 1588
8vo: 4 3/4 by 7"
[24]-744 pp.
- Early edition of a humanist Greek phrase-book, in the form of an alphabetical dictionary of Greek idioms.
Woodcut mark on title.
Original vellum bound, some foxing. Some faded dampstains.
Period ownership and presentation entries on flyleaves and title. Traces of ties.
Text in Latin
- Ref. Pettegree (FB) 58223. - Not in Adams, STC French. - Prov. Nordkirchen (bookpl.).
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The French Benedictine scholar Jacques de Billy de Prunay (1535-1581) was famous as a translator of Greek patristic texts.
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1588 Alphabetical dictionary of Greek idioms antique LOCUTIONUM GRAECARUM vellum
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