Nov 11, 2008 - Sale 2162

Sale 2162 - Lot 132

Price Realized: $ 330
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 400 - $ 600
MINSHEU, JOHN. Hegemon eis tas glossas; id est, Ductor in Linguas, the Guide into Tongues [with Vocabularium Hispanicolatinum] [16], 543, [1]; [186] pages. Extensive use of Anglo-Saxon, Greek, and Hebrew type. 2 parts in one volume. Folio, 397x250 mm, contemporary vellum with 19th-century cloth over covers; contents toned with varying marginal dampstaining, title soiled, upper outer corner torn off A2-5 slightly affecting text, lacks rear free endpaper. London: John Browne, 1617

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first edition of a 2-part work comprising an etymological dictionary of 11 languages (English, Welsh, Dutch, German, French, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Latin, Greek, and Hebrew) and a Spanish-English dictionary. It is thought to be the first English book published by subscription, but the subscribers' list on a separately issued leaf is not present in this copy. Palau 171188-9; STC 17944.