Lot 172: 

ESTIENNE, Robert (1503-1559), editor. Dictionnaire Francoislatin, contenant lez motz & manieres de parler Francois, tournez en Latin. Paris: Robert Estienne, 1539-40.

2υo (308 x 206 mm). Two columns, Roman and italic types, printer's device on title, and an entire alphabet (omitting Y and Z) of criblé initials. (Light marginal staining, marginal worming at end). Contemporary blind-stamped pigskin over thick pasteboards the outer roll-tool signed with the intials "I.P." the inner roll-tool signed "H.S." (Some light rubbing and staining.) Provenance: T.M. Cleland (1880-1964) book designer, painter, illustrator, and type designer (bookplate); acquired from Chiswick Book Shop, 1966.

FIRST EDITION of this French, Latin dictionary. Of the initials A-X the letter G is signed with the Lorraine cross of Geoffroy Tory. Adams S-1813.

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