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ESTIENNE, HENRI. Thesaurus Graecae linguae. 8 (of 20), xx pages, xxiiii, 1946 columns, blank leaf; [1] leaf, xii, 1592 (of 1700) columns, blank leaf; 1793 columns, blank leaf; [1] leaf, 834 columns; 1746, 212 columns, blank leaf; lacks preliminary pages 9-20 in Volume 1, and blank 3Z4 and last 28 leaves (columns 1593-1700) in Volume 2. 5 volumes in 4. Folio, 353x228 mm, modern cloth; intermittent dampstaining in upper and lower margins, occasional soiling, owner's inscription dated 1669 on titles, Volume 1 title and facing endleaf adhered in gutter, few small wormholes through first half of Volume 5 affecting text. [Geneva]: Henri Estienne, 1572-73
first edition of 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. GLN-2434; Printing and the Mind of Man 62 note.
