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    By John Rider; Thomas Holyoke
    London   Felix Kingston for Philip Nevill
    8.5" by 6" Unpaginated
    John Holyoke's revised edition of John Rider's important Latin-English dictionary, the definitive reference dictionary of the century.
    By John Rider; Thomas Holyoke

    1640 Dictionarium Etymologicum Latinum, Antiquissimum & Novissimum Nunc Demum Infinitis Pene Laboribus

    London   Felix Kingston for Philip Nevill
    8.5" by 6" Unpaginated
    John Holyoke's revised edition of John Rider's important Latin-English dictionary, the definitive reference dictionary of the century.
    £725.00
    : 2kgs / : 780P13
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    Description

    Leather Binding

    The fifth edition of this work. Scarce in any edition, particularly this early. 

    ESTC citation number S94902. 

    'Rider's Dictionary' was widely used in the seventeenth century, the conclusive English-Latin dictionary.

    By the noted lexicographer John Rider, with modifications and contributions by Francis Holyoke. 

    Bound without first title page. Some leaves misbound, Dd1 and Dd2 bound after the preliminary three leaves.

    Dated from title page after leaf Cc8.

    Condition

    In a full calf binding. Externally, generally smart, with some rubbing and loss of leather to the boards and spine. One of the two original metal clasps present in a working condition. Light bumping to the spine and extremities. Small cracks to the joints. Hinges are starting but firm. Prior owner's ink inscription to the recto to the front endpaper and to the front free endpaper. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are lightly age-toned and generally clean with some spots and handling marks. Worming hole to the first quarter of the textblock, heavier to the first few leaves, with a small amount of loss of text to a few words.

    Good

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