[Ethiopic], sive, Jobi Ludolfi I.C. Lexicon Aethiopico-Latinum : ex omnibus libris impressis, nonnullisque manuscriptis collectum, et cum docto quodam Aethiope relectum : accessit authoris Grammatica, cum aliis nonnullis, quorum catalogum sequens pagina exhibebit / nunc primùm in lucem editum, studio & curâ Johannis Michaelis Wanslebii Mathem. & Orient. LL. stud ; qui indicem Latinum, & appendicem operi addidit.
1661
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[Ethiopic], sive, Jobi Ludolfi I.C. Lexicon Aethiopico-Latinum : ex omnibus libris impressis, nonnullisque manuscriptis collectum, et cum docto quodam Aethiope relectum : accessit authoris Grammatica, cum aliis nonnullis, quorum catalogum sequens pagina exhibebit / nunc primùm in lucem editum, studio & curâ Johannis Michaelis Wanslebii Mathem. & Orient. LL. stud ; qui indicem Latinum, & appendicem operi addidit.
Created/published
Londoni : Apud Thomam Roycroft, LL. Orientalium Typographum Regium, a.s. MDCLXI [1661]
Description
[18] p., 560 columns, [44], 76, [16] p. ; 23 cm (4to)
Associated name
Ludolf, Hiob, 1624-1704, author.
Wansleben, Johann Michael, 1635-1679. Grammatica Aethiopica.
Claudius, Negus of Ethiopia, 1523?-1559. Confessio fidei Claudii Regis Aethiopiae.
Roycroft, Thomas, -1677, printer.
Pratt, Johannes, active 17th century, former owner.
Wansleben, Johann Michael, 1635-1679. Grammatica Aethiopica.
Claudius, Negus of Ethiopia, 1523?-1559. Confessio fidei Claudii Regis Aethiopiae.
Roycroft, Thomas, -1677, printer.
Pratt, Johannes, active 17th century, former owner.
Note
First 9 words of title in Ethiopic characters.
Signatures: pi1 A⁴ chi1 a*² 2chi1 B-2N⁴ a-e⁴; ²A² B-K⁴ L²; ³A-B⁴.
Roman numeral date in imprint made with apostrophus.
Title page in red and black.
"[Ethiopic], sive, Jobi Ludolfi I.C. Grammatica Aethiopica" and "Confessio fidei Claudii, Regis Aethiopiae" each have separate dated title page, and register; "Grammatica Aethiopica" has separate pagination. These may also have been issued separately as Wing L3466 and L3465.
Preliminaries: title page (pi1v); "Serenissimo principi ..." (A1); [Ethiopic text] (A2); "J. Ludolfus, J.M. Wanslebio suo salutem" (A3); "Johannes Michael Wansleben ..." (A4); "Iteratum auctoris monitum ad lectorem ..." (chi1); "Praefatio auctoris ad lectorem ..." (a*); "Judicium Dn. D Edmundi Castelli ..." (2chi1). Many copies do not have "Iteratum auctoris monitum ad lectorem," which may have been issued after initial publication as suggested by the content.
Includes index.
Signatures: pi1 A⁴ chi1 a*² 2chi1 B-2N⁴ a-e⁴; ²A² B-K⁴ L²; ³A-B⁴.
Roman numeral date in imprint made with apostrophus.
Title page in red and black.
"[Ethiopic], sive, Jobi Ludolfi I.C. Grammatica Aethiopica" and "Confessio fidei Claudii, Regis Aethiopiae" each have separate dated title page, and register; "Grammatica Aethiopica" has separate pagination. These may also have been issued separately as Wing L3466 and L3465.
Preliminaries: title page (pi1v); "Serenissimo principi ..." (A1); [Ethiopic text] (A2); "J. Ludolfus, J.M. Wanslebio suo salutem" (A3); "Johannes Michael Wansleben ..." (A4); "Iteratum auctoris monitum ad lectorem ..." (chi1); "Praefatio auctoris ad lectorem ..." (a*); "Judicium Dn. D Edmundi Castelli ..." (2chi1). Many copies do not have "Iteratum auctoris monitum ad lectorem," which may have been issued after initial publication as suggested by the content.
Includes index.
Cited/described in
English short title catalogue (ESTC), R35407
Wing, D.G. Short-title catalogue of books printed in England, Scotland, Ireland, Wales, and British America, and of English books printed in other countries, 1641-1700 (CD-ROM, 1996), L3467
Wing, D.G. Short-title catalogue of books printed in England, Scotland, Ireland, Wales, and British America, and of English books printed in other countries, 1641-1700 (CD-ROM, 1996), L3467
Includes
Grammatica Aethiopica.
Confessio fidei Claudii Regis Aethiopiae.
Confessio fidei Claudii Regis Aethiopiae.
Genre/form
Dictionaries.
Underscoring.
Underscoring.
Place of creation/publication
Great Britain -- England -- London.
Item Details
Call number
190- 161q
Folger-specific note
Autograph: E libris Johannis Pratt. Manuscript contents to the Ethiopic alphabet. Some underlining and a couple of minor annotations in the Grammatica. Quarter-bound in calf with marbled paper boards; original leather corners and spine label missing. Bought from P.M. Hill, 21 April 1964.
Folger accession
190161