Shelfmark
Gh.2.06
Author
Title
Thesaurus linguæ Romanæ & Britannicæ, tam accurate congestus, vt nihil penè in eo desyderari possit, quod vel Latinè complectatur amplissimus Stephani Thesaurus, vel Anglicè, toties aucta Eliotæ Bibliotheca: opera & industria Thomæ Cooperi Magdalenensis. ... Accessit dictionarium historicum & poëticum propria vocabula uirorum, mulierum, sectarum, populorum, urbium, montium, & cæterorum locorum complectens, & in his iucundissimas & omnium cognitione dignissimas historias.
Varying form of title
Thesavrvs lingvæ Romanæ & Britannicæ
Publication, distribution, etc.
Excusum Londini : In ædibus Henrici Bynnemani typographi, Anno salutis humanæ M. D. LXXXIIII. [1584]
Physical description
[1716] p. ; 31 cm. (fol.)
Note
Signatures: [paragraph]⁶ (A-(5Y⁶ (6A-(6V⁶ 7A-7M⁶.
Note
The imprint is taken from the colophon (on leaf Mmmmmm5 verso). The title-page imprint reads: Impressum Londini. 1584. STC attributes the printing to Henry Denham. Since the book was printed after Bynneman died in 1583 the work was presumably undertaken by his heirs and Denham, for (possibly also by) Ralph Newberry (with whom Bynneman often worked; the book is entered to Denham and Newberry in the Stationers' index, with the date 30 December 1584).
Note
The first and final leaves are blank.
Note
In this edition, the title-page bears a woodcut device of a chained bear, standing upright; line 12 of the title ends "cogni-". In another edition (ESTC S469087), the title page device is McKerrow 195 (a framed Anchor with "Anchora spei") and line 12 of the title ends "cog-".
Note
Some copies, including one at Cambridge University Library, have a type-facsimile title page dated 1584, but with line 2 beginning "Romanæ Britannicæ", while the original title page has "Romanæ & Britannicæ"; it was apparently printed in London after 1705. In these copies, the sheets are a mixture of STC 5687 and 5688, with a few (e.g. pages 1 and 6) in a setting different from either. Some copies, including one at St Catharine's College, Oxford, have a different type-facsimile title page, also dated 1584 but bearing the anchor device (McKerrow, "Printers' and publishers' devices in England & Scotland 1485-1640", 195) and having on the verso the address "Cooperus lectori", which appears there in STC 5688 but not in 5689 or on the other facsimile title pages; it was apparently printed in London, ca. 1680. The sheets are STC 5688, with readings "Annales" and "Ter." (cf. STC).
Note
Woodcut tailpieces and initials; text on two columns.
Citation/references note
ESTC, S121950
Citation/references note
STC, 5689
Provenance
Bookplate of Eton college of front pastedown.
Provenance
Signature of William Hodges twice on t.p. and date 'January 18 anno 1613 his book'; crossed out; on the right side of the printer's device 'his book anno 1613' and below 'not his book anno domini 1613'. Possibly William Hodges (-1676)?
Provenance
Signature of James Hodges on t.p. and date Junii 15 1648, crossed out. On the left side of the printer's device 'Jacobus Hodges'.
Provenance
A few ms annotations on margins partially trimmed on f. [paragraph]4 verso and 7h2 verso.
Binding
Mid-17th century English calf binding; frame of blind double fillet with additional vertical lines tooled parallel to the spine and small flowers at the corners; five raised bands with blind fillets; gold titling on spine; rebacked by Richard Day with the addition of two front and back flyleaves; blue coloured edges.
Copy-specific note
Imperfect: wanting the first and final leaves, blank.
Copy-specific note
Edition with original title page; woodcut device of a chained bear on t.p., standing upright; line 12 of the title ends "cogni-".
Copy-specific note
Old repair with large slip of paper partially covers the colophon. Other old repairs on a few pages of the book.
Copy-specific note
Printer's device on t.p. and initial on [paragraph]5 recto hand coloured.
Subject
Latin language Dictionaries Early works to 1800. English
Added entry--name
Denham, Henry, ? - d. 1589? printer.
Added entry--name
Newbery, Ralph, ? - d. 1604 publisher.
Added entry--name
Bynneman, Henry, ? - d. 1583 printer.
Added entry--name
Day, Richard bookbinder.
Added entry--place
England London.
Language code
eng lat grc
Identifier
B50203