Thesaurus Theutonicae linguae = Schat der Neder-duytscher spraken [...] = Thresor du langage Bas-alman, dict vulgaireme[n]t Flameng [...].

4to: [284] ff. (occ. spotting or soiling, some marg. dampstaining, sm. marg. wormtrack in outer corner of quire O).

Mod. leather, blind-ruled covers, titled spine with raised bands.

Very rare original edition of the first great Dutch dictionary, containing some 40.000 entries. The printing took 6 years, from 1567 to 1573, since it was continually interrupted by the printing of the Polyglot Bible. According to Voet, Plantin started working on a list of words upon his arrival in Antwerp; the dictionary was compiled by A. Madoets, Kiliaan and others. Woodcut mark on title and printer's mark on last p. Printed in Gothic (Dutch), roman (French) and italics (Latin) type.
Ref. Voet (Plantin Press) 2310A. - BT 4500. - Adams P-1398. - STC Dutch (BL) 197. - Claes 237. - Sorgeloos 425. - Pettegree (NB) 29112 = 49202 (FB).
Prov. Anna Catharina Heylens, 1669 (ms. entry). - Old entry erased.