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ESTIENNE, HENRI. Thesaurus Graecae linguae. 20, xx pages, xxiiii, 1946 columns; [1] leaf, xii, 1592 columns, blank leaf, 1593-1700 columns, blank leaf; 1793 columns, blank leaf; [1] leaf, 834 columns; 1746 [i. e., 1766], 212 columns, blank leaf; lacking final blank in Volume 1 and blank [kappa]8 in Volume 5. 5 volumes in 4. Folio, 333x217 mm, 17th-century vellum boards with blind-stamped arabesque centerpieces, spine titles in ink, spines darkened, also damaged at bottom on Volumes 2 and 4, Volume 1 front cover detached, joints on other volumes cracked or starting; occasional soiling and light marginal foxing, some marginal dampstaining in Volumes 2-5. [Geneva]: Henricus Stephanus, 1572-73
first edition of Henri Estienne's monumental Greek dictionary, " . . . a high point in the annals of European scholarship . . . to this day the essential tool for the study of Greek"--Schreiber 181. Adams S1790; Printing and the Mind of Man 62 note.
