Author
Emmel, Helfrich
Title
Nomenclator quadrilinguis, Germanico Latino-Graeco Gallicus, in classes IIII. distinctus. / auctore M. Helfrico Emmelio VVombacensi, scholæ Alzenanæ rectore..
Varying form of title
Nomenclator qvadrilingvis, Germanico Latino-Graeco Gallicvs, in classes IIII. distinctvs
Imprint
[Basel] : Impensis Ludouici König bibliopol. Basiliensis., [1592?]
Physical description
2 parts: [12] p., 420 columns, [74] p.; [12] p., 420 columns, [58] p. ; 18 cm (8vo)
Note
Signatures: A-S8 T4; 2A-R8 S4.
Note
Leaf T4 (first part) is blank.
Note
Both parts have title pages with woodcut device of Theodosius Rihel, with the same dedications on leaves A2-A4, dated 1592, and list of subjects on leaves A5-A6.
Note
The first part contains Nomenclator Germanico Latino-Graeco Gallicus; the second part contains Nomenclator Latino Germanico-Graeco Gallicus.
Citation/references note
CLC, E113
Citation/references note
Adams, E152
Provenance
Ownership inscription on title page, crossed out and illegible.
Provenance
Pressmark of Seth Ward (1617-1689) on upper endleaf: C:6:24.
Provenance
Salisbury Cathedral Library bookplate (19th century) with 13th-century Dean and Chapter seal and inscription “Sarum Cathedral Library.”
Provenance
Inscription on upper free endleaf: "William Purf... Therefor I say unto you Dextra tenet lapidem".
Binding
Very late 16th- or early 17th-century sprinkled brown calf over paper boards; sewn on four tawed leather supports; boards decorated with blind fillets forming rectangular frame towards perimeter of boards; spine with four raised bands and gilt fillets; gilt fillets around board edges; text block edges stained red.
Copy-specific note
Bound with two other works printed by Theodosius Rihel and published by Ludwig König: (2) Cicero, Epitheta, antitheta et adiuncta, ex M. T. Cicerone collecta; and (3) Emmel, Nomenclator Latinus propriorum vocabulorum. Both are undated, and probably printed in the 1590s. This is the first item in the volume.
Subject
Dictionaries, Polyglot Early works to 1800.
Added entry--name
König, Ludwig, 1572-1641 publisher.
Added entry--name
Rihel, Theodosius, 1557-1621 printer.
Added entry--name
Ward, Seth, 1617-1689 former owner.
Added entry--place
Switzerland Basel.
B16529
UKSbSC
20240510120839.4