‎MADOETS Andre - KILIAAN - Quentin STEENHART - Augustin van HASSELT [ ] ( compilers ) - Christophe PLANTIN ( preface ) :‎
‎Thesaurus theutonicae linguae. Schat der Nederduytscher spraken. Inhoudende niet alleene de Nederduytsche woorden, maer oock verscheyden redenen en manieren van spreken, vertaelt ende overgeset int Fransois ende Latijn. Thresor du langage Bas-alman, dict vulgaireme[n]t Flameng, traduict en François & en Latin.‎

‎ Antverpiae ( Antwerpen ) , Ex officina Christophori Plantini Prototypographi Regij. 1573. In-4°, 24,5 cm, pp [1-568] ( 4, A-Z4, a-z4, Aa-Zz4 , &4 ) ( complete, collated against Voet n° 2310). With printer's mark on last leaf ( page &4 ). Text in double columns, the Dutch/Flemish in black letter, the French in Roman and the Latin in Italic type. The penultimite laef with a small marginal paper restoration. With a 19th c. note of a Brussels' collector ( F.C.B. ?) on the first paste down. Bound in contemporary overlapping ivory coloured vellum, manuscript title on smooth spine. A very fine copy. Dictionary of the Dutch language with the Latin and French translations. It contains over 40.000 entries. The genesis of this all important work for the Dutch language has been extensively documented by authors such as Max Rooses ( first curator of the Plantin-Moretus Museum), and F. Claes who devoted a study on this publication. See Voet N° 2310 variant A. which gives a 5 page explanation on this book..‎

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