(DICTIONARY, French-Latin). Petit thresor des mots françois, selon l’ordre des lettres, ainsi qui’il les fuat escrire tournez en Latin. Revue et augmenté de plusieurs proverbes, dictions, & manieres de parler, Françoises & Latines... Rouen: pour la Societé, 1666.
8vo (160 × 100 mm), pp. 256. Woodcut Jesuit device to title, text within borders. Narrow wormtracks to foot of a few leaves towards the opening, more significant worming to head of gutter of the second half of the book, minimally affecting occasional letters, but usually only the ruled border, staining in vicinity. Eighteenth-century mottled calf, spine gilt, red edges. A good copy.
A French-Latin dictionary for Jesuit use. The earliest edition we have found being 1626 (Paris). The additions to this edition contain newer words and usages, together with place names.
£200.00
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