Author: MADOETS Andre - KILIAAN - Quentin STEENHART - Augustin van HASSELT [ ] (compilers ) - Christophe PLANTIN ( preface ) :
Title: Thesaurus theutonicae linguae. Schat der Nederduytscher spraken. Inhoudende niet alleene de Nederduytsche woorden, maer oock verscheyden redenen en manieren van spreken, vertaelt ende overgeset int Fransois ende Latijn. Thresor du langage Bas-alman, dict vulgaireme[n]t Flameng, traduict en François & en Latin.
Description: .: Antverpiae ( Antwerpen ) , Ex officina Christophori Plantini Prototypographi Regij. 1573. In-4°, 25,5 cm, pp [1-568] ( 4, A-Z4, a-z4, Aa-Zz4 , &4 ) ( complete, collated against Voet n° 2310). With printer's mark on last leaf ( page &4 ). Text in double columns, the Dutch/Flemish in black letter, the French in Roman and the Latin in Italic type. With a late 18th c. note on the first fly leaf stating that a similar copy was sold in auction at 18 guilders at the sale of the Jesuit libraries in Brussels. With on the same page the manuscript ex-libris of J.F.Verhoeven (?). Bound in 18th c. full mottled calf, raised gilt spine, sprinkled edges, binding with some minor traces of use, with a clear old waterstain in the lower margin of the last 30 lvs, stain larger on the last 5 lvs. Still a fine copy. Dictionary of the Dutch language with the Latin and French translations. It contains over 40.000 entries. The genesis of this all important work for the Dutch language has been extensively documented by authors such as Max Rooses ( first curator of the Plantin-Moretus Museum), and F. Claes who devoted a study on this publication. See Voet N° 2310 variant A. which gives a 5 page explanation on this book.. .

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