Apr 23, 2007 - Sale 2111

Sale 2111 - Lot 265

Price Realized: $ 960
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 400 - $ 600
RICHELET, CÉSAR-PIERRE. Dictionnaire François. [22], 88, 480; 560 pages. 2 parts in one volume. 4to, contemporary red morocco gilt, worn; scattered ink blots and light marginal foxing and dampstains, hole in blank outer corner of Y2. Geneva: Jean Herman Widerhold, 1680

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first edition of the first monolingual French dictionary. "Although conceived as a dictionary of good usage, this lexicon of some 25,500 entries includes a whole range of words shunned by purists, and notably technical terms. Variationist labels indicate the usage and currency of the words and the entries are supported by literary quotations" (NOCLF).