1664 · London
by Spelman, Henry
London: Aliciam Warren, 1664. First complete edition, large folio, the scarce large paper issue (15½" tall); pp. [12], 576; text in double column, woodcut initials and ornaments throughout; text partially in black letter, other exotic fonts interspersed throughout; slightly later full polished tan calf, black morocco label on gilt-decorated spine, front joint starting, edges rubbed and worn; a good, sound copy. This copy from the Chatsworth Library, with their bookplate. The book was first published in 1626 and contained only the letters A-I, and is here published for the first time in its complete form. "As an ecclesiastical lawyer [Spelman] ranks among the best informed that this country has produced, and his Glossary gives him a title to the name of inaugurator of philological science in England" (DNB). Vancil, p. 227 and Lowndes, p. 2474 (both citing the regular issue); Wing S-4925; Zaunmuller 251 (citing the third edition of 1687).
(Inventory #: 42901)