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Early Amsterdam edition of a very popular Latin dictionary

JUNIUS, Hadrianus.
Nomenclator, in quo propria nomina omnium rerum Gallica, Belgicaque linguis explicantur. Multo quam antea brevior & emendatior. In usum Scholarum.

With woodcut printer's device on title, and large woodcut first initial.

With woodcut printer's device on title, and large woodcut first initial.



Amsterdam, Ex off. Henricus Laurentius, 1626. 8vo. Contemporary vellum. With woodcut printer's device on title, and large woodcut first initial. 268, (4, blank) pp. printed in 2 columns.

Early Amsterdam edition of undoubtedly the most popular Latin-Dutch vocabulary of the 16th to the 19th centuries, compiled by the Dutch physician and humanist scholar, Hadrianus Junius (1511-1575), and published in many editions till far into the 18th century. The first edition was published by Plantin in 1567, and somewhat enlarged republished in 1577. The earliest Plantin editions included Greek and several modern languages, but editions greatly vary. Junius himself relates that he collected many of the words for his Nomenclator by associating with workmen and visiting taverns. In this way he may have come close to the real spoken language of the people. The purpose of the Nomenclator is to supply a polyglot list of terms under various headings or chapters like "De re libraria, et librorum materia", "De Homini et partibus  humani corporis","De quadrupedibus", "De avibus", "De re navali", "Musica, Instrumenta","De Deo et spiritibus", "Morborum symptomatum ... naturae", etc., with Latin catchwords, explained in Latin, followed by the translations of the word in various languages. In many respects it is not unlike a voyager's guide to foreign terminology of today.
The present edition lists words in Latin, Dutch and French, in that order, and was intended for use at schools. An extensive dictionary of geographical names - Seas, rivers, islands, mountains, regions and towns - is added as an Appendix on pp. 198-264.
Junius's Nomenclator remained popular for centuries, and greatly influenced Kiliaen's subsequent lexicographical work on the etymology of the Dutch language. The book is printed in various types, Roman, Gothic and Italics, and an index of chapters is present at the end, printed in a large Italic type.

Good copy, complete with the two last blank leaves, with old ownership's entry of Simon Decker, 1681, on inside front cover and the bookplate of J.B. Vervliet, and ownership's entry of V.T. Vynen on last blank.- (Few old ink underlining; few stains; some wormholes, especially at the beginning).
Cf. Claes, Lijst van Nederl. woordenlijsten, nr. 207 e.v.; Buisson p. 372 (first Plantin ed. of 1567, and other 16th century ed.); C.S.M. Rademaker, 'De Nomenclator van Hadrianus Junius', in: Hermeneus, 39 (1967-8), pp. 217-27.

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