Elucidarius carminum et historiarum. Vel vocabularius poeticus, contines fabulas, historias, provincias, urbes, insulas, fluvios et montes illustres. Diligenter denuo reuisus. Item vocabula et interpretationes Graeco[rum] & Hebraicorum: vna cum vocabulis cõmunibus Sarraceno[rum] in latinu translatis: & alijs in fine adiunctis.

[Torrentinus (Herman, i.e. Herman van der Beke)]

Publication details: Strasbourg: Reinhard Beck,1516,

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An extremely popular historical, geographical and mythological dictionary, first printed in 1498, very frequently thereafter, and published in a revised edition by Robert Estienne in 1530. A native of Zwolle, Torrentius (1472-1520) was professor of rhetoric in Groningen. This particular edition is very scarce: there is no copy located in Worldcat beyond the European mainland.

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charming woodcut title border with grotesques, decorated initials, Gothic letter, double column, a little light toning, the odd very minor spot, last verso (blank) slightly soiled, ff. [60], 4to in 4s and 8s, 20hC quarter vellum over marbled boards, a.e.r., later (but still old) bookmark clipped to title fore-edge, occasional early ms. marginalia in blank ink (a few cropped but still legible), 'D' added in ink to title imprint, early ms. note on original binding ('iij (?)x in(?) dimidio (?)' at head of title and last blank.

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