Lot 1011
1011
STEPHANUS, H. (=H. Estienne). De abusu linguae Græcæ, in quibusdam vocibus quas Latina usurpat (…). Geneva, H. Stephanus, 1563. (4), 107 pp. W. woodcut printer's mark on ti. Cont. limp vellum brds. (Ties fail, some name entries (partly scratched out) on ti-p., slightly browned/foxed).
First edition of the first grammatical treatise by H. Estienne; the work is a kind of "Antibarbarus", how to avoid errors when converting Greek words and names into Latin. - Adams S-1760; STC French (Suppl.) p. 32; Buisson 265; Renouard 121:4; Cionarescu 9624. - Ex libris S. Chardon de la Rochette (NBG 9, 722); ex libris Sallier (NBG 43, 188); ex libris Boursault (NBG 7, 111); engr. ex libris Bibl. Publ. Collegii Divio Godranii (=Dijon Jesuit College).€ 800
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