Description
Up for sale is this rare antique 1663 complete 2 volume folio dictionary set, "Ambrosii Calepini Dictionarium, quanta maxima fide ac diligentia accurate emendatum, & tot recens factis accessionibus ita locupletatum, ut iam Thesaurum Linguae Latinae, adjectae sunt Latinis dictionibus hebraeae, graecae, gallicae, italicae, germanicae, hispanicae, atque anglicae." The books are overall in good condition with some signs of wear and age. The leather covers have some scuffing and wear with some corner wear and edge wear. There are small sections of cracking towards the top of the 2nd volume's outer leather joints and some cracking to the interior hinges of both volumes; however, the bindings of the books are still good and sound. Both volumes have a nice engraved title page and the first volume also has an additional half title. There are some crease lines/ wrinkles to the 2nd volume's title page. A couple of the pastedowns have some small handwritten numbers to the top margin in fountain pen. The interiors are toned from age but are fairly clean with some scattered light foxing, soiling, and grubbiness. A few pages have some worming. Most of the worming is pretty minor; there are just about 10 leaves or so in the "S" section where it is a bit heavier. Page 545/546 in the 1st volume has a fair amount of chipping to the bottom margin, however no text is affected. Along with that there is likely the very occasional page with some kind of other minor imperfection such as a small tear or chip, mild stain, minor marking, creased page corner, etc. The books are large volumes which measure approximately 15 3/8 inches by 9 1/2 inches. The text is collated and complete. There are some printing errors in a few of the page numbers; however, the content is correct. Volume 1 is 959 pages and volume 2 is 855. Please look at all of the photos to further note the condition. The cost of shipping includes insurance to the U.S.
user2951217c
This book is PERFECT! Absolutely beautiful. Pictures along with description were fantastic. Packaging was phenomenal. Fastest shipping ever!!! I can’t even begin to tell of the immense quality of this item which in turn made this an unbelievable value! Kudos to this seller!!
DWils5f08fd4
5 STARS ALL THE WAY! Amazing piece so clean and just as pictured! Very fast shipping and the packaging was so extremely well done that I don't think anything could have damaged it no matter what! I'm impressed and will definitely shop here again! Thanks!
Ken C5bc6eef
Packaged well. Shipped quickly. Item was just as described. I paid $6.50 for each piece of paper to be shipped to me (ordered two). So, it was $13 to ship two pieces of paper in an envelope. That is the only thing I was disappointed in.