Hēgemōn eis tas glōssas· id est, Ductor in linguas, The guide into tongues. : Cum illarum harmonia, & etymologijs, originationibus, rationibus, & deriuationibus in omnibus his vndecim linguis, viz: 1. Anglica. 2. Cambro-Britanica. 3. Belgica. 4. Germanica. 5. Gallica. 6. Italica. 7. Hispanica. 8. Lusitanica seu Portugallica. 9. Latina. 10. Graeca. 11. Hebrea, &c. Quae etiam ita ordine, & sono consentientes, collocatae sunt, vt facilimè & nullo labore, vnusquisq[ue] non solùm, quatuor, quinque, vel plures illarum, quàm optimè memoria tenere, verum etiam (per earum etymologias) sub nomine, naturam, proprietatem, conditionem, effectum, materiam, formam, vel finem rerum, rectè nosse queat; ... Opera, studio, industria, labore & sumptibus Iohannis Minshaei in lucem editum & impressum. Anno 1617. = The guide into the tongues. With their agreement and consent one with another, as also their etymologies, that is, the reasons and deriuations of all or the most part of wordes, in these eleuen languages ...
Hēgemōn eis tas glōssas· id est, Ductor in linguas, The guide into tongues. : Cum illarum harmonia, & etymologijs, originationibus, rationibus, & deriuationibus in omnibus his vndecim linguis, viz: 1. Anglica. 2. Cambro-Britanica. 3. Belgica. 4. Germanica. 5. Gallica. 6. Italica. 7. Hispanica. 8. Lusitanica seu Portugallica. 9. Latina. 10. Graeca. 11. Hebrea, &c. Quae etiam ita ordine, & sono consentientes, collocatae sunt, vt facilimè & nullo labore, vnusquisq[ue] non solùm, quatuor, quinque, vel plures illarum, quàm optimè memoria tenere, verum etiam (per earum etymologias) sub nomine, naturam, proprietatem, conditionem, effectum, materiam, formam, vel finem rerum, rectè nosse queat; ... Opera, studio, industria, labore & sumptibus Iohannis Minshaei in lucem editum & impressum. Anno 1617. = The guide into the tongues. With their agreement and consent one with another, as also their etymologies, that is, the reasons and deriuations of all or the most part of wordes, in these eleuen languages ...
Uniform title
Hēgemōn eis tas glōssas
Created/published
[London] : [Printed by William Stansby and Eliot's Court Press] Cum gratia & priuilegio Regiae Maiestatis, & vendibiles extant Londini, apud Ioannem Browne bibliopolam in vico vocato little Brittaine. And are to be sold at Iohn Brownes shop a booke-seller in little Brittaine in London, [1617]
Signatures: pi² [superscript pi]A⁶ A-2Y⁶ 2Z², ²pi² ²A-P⁶ ²Q². A dictionary of English, with definitions in ten languages. The words "1. Anglica. .. 5. Gallica." and "7. Hispanica. .. 11. Hebrea, &c." are bracketed together on title page. Printers' names from STC and STC addendum. "Vocabularium Hispanicolatinum et Anglicum copiosissimum" has separate register (pi² A-P⁶ Q²) and title page with imprint "Cum gratia & priuilegio Regiae Maiestatis, & vendibiles extant Londini apud [blank] ..". In some copies this blank is filled in in MS. For the additional list of subscribers see STC 17944a. "Vocabularium Hispanicolatinum" identified STC 17949 on UMI microfilm reel 1248.
Folger-specific note
Curatorial file available for copy 5.
ESTC staff note
Rpm 12/03/96 Signatures from DFo. DFONOTE jre: expand title: "...queat; discrepans ab alijs dictionarijs vnquam antehâc editis. Item explicatio vocabulorum forensium Iuris Anglicani, & Descriptio Magistratuum, & Titulorum dignitatum, hac nota [fist] per totum opus insignita. Opus omnibus humanioris literaturae amatoribus valdè necessarium & delectabile, imprimis nostratibus qui nullo negotio ex Anglicana, caeteras linguas cum earum etymologijs, ordine alphabetico, invenire possunt, deniq[ue] extraneis, si ex his congestis, alphabet́um vnius vel plurium aliarum linguarum, sibi cum numeris arithmeticis concinnare voluerunt. Opera...1617. The guide into..."; DFo copies 3 - 6 with imprint on part two title page printed: "...apud Ioannem Browne Bibliopolam in vico vocato little Brittaine. And are to be sold at Iohn Brownes shoppe a Bookebinder in little Brittaine in London."; part two is formerly STC 17949
Cited/described in
Pollard, A.W. Short-title catalogue of books printed in England, Scotland, & Ireland and of English books printed abroad, 1475-1640 (2nd ed.) (STC), 17944 English short title catalogue (ESTC), S121927
STC 17944a bound after pi1. Some leaves foxed, and ²M5 torn, affecting text. Reverse calfskin armorial binding with the gilt arms of James I; manuscript waste vellum spine-linings, now tipped into front matter, and possibly a petition to the King ca. May 1615. Provenance: bought by Folger from Sotheby's sale, July 1902, no. 126
Folger accession
cs143
Call number
STC 17944 copy 2 (flat)
Folger-specific note
STC 17944a bound in after pi2. Manuscript note on 2M1r; manuscript shelf-mark. Temoin on ²E1. Some leaves foxed, and 2L1 and ²M3 torn, affecting text. Sueded calf armorial binding with the gilt arms of James I. Provenance: inscription on front end-paper: "George Barry"; bought by Folger from Pickering & Chatto, 1923
Folger accession
cs1193
Call number
STC 17944 copy 3 (flat)
Folger-specific note
STC 17944a bd. in after pi1. Manuscript (bibliographical) note on front paste-down, initialed "E. E. W.". Some leaves foxed, affecting text. Sheepskin binding, rebacked. Provenance: inscription on front fly-leaf: "[?] of Sr Nic[hol]as Kempe knight...August 1629...me Johem Mishaeum [John Minsheu]"; stamped "T. Baber" on t.p.; bought by Folger from Maggs, 12 April 1926
Folger accession
cs1522
Call number
STC 17944 copy 4 (flat)
Folger-specific note
Manuscript note on 2F1r; manuscript price pencilled on t.p. Burn hole on T5. Some leaves foxed or stained, and ²K5 torn, affecting text. Sheepskin armorial binding with the gilt (?) arms of James I. Provenance: inscription on front end-paper: "Mr William Ayskol's [Askol's ?] book of Burgh"; bought by Folger from George S. West, 1903, cat. 36:432
Folger accession
cs154
Call number
STC 17944 copy 5 (flat)
Folger-specific note
STC 17944a bd. in after pi1. Collation not made, this copy too fragile to handle. Outer margin trimmed, with thumb manuscript index tabs added. T.p. backed. Disbound. Label reading "In Sheets awaiting Binding" removed to curatorial file. Provenance: inscription on t.p.: "Edw [Edward] Lye 1739."; W. T. Smedley copy
Folger accession
Smedley
Call number
STC 17944 copy 6 (flat)
Folger-specific note
Imperfect: lacking C1, D6-E2, ²P4,5 and ²Q1. Lacking bd. in copy of STC 17944a. Burn hole on ²N2. Some leaves foxed or stained, X3 torn, and ²M3.4 poorly inked and torn, affecting text. Sheepskin binding, rebacked. Provenance: armorial bookplate of Sir Thomas Hanmer; armorial bookplate of Henry Edward Bunbury (motto "esse quam videri"); bought by Folger at Sotheby's sale of Sir Edward Herbert Bunbury, [1896], lot 1020
