editio princeps

American  

[e-dit-i-oh pring-keps, ih-dish-ee-oh prin-seps] / ɛˈdɪt ɪˌoʊ ˈprɪŋ kɛps, ɪˈdɪʃ iˌoʊ ˈprɪn sɛps /

noun

Latin.

plural

editiones principes

1. first edition.

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editio princeps British  

/ ɪˈdɪʃɪəʊ ˈprɪnsɛps /

noun

1. the first printed edition of a work

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Example Sentences

It was printed in the latter year, in the “editio princeps” of the enlarged and rewritten Adagia then issued from Froben’s great printing-works at Basel.

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The work has come down to us from a single MS., now in the library at Venice, from which the editio princeps was published.

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The editio princeps of Homer, published at Florence in 1488, by Demetrius Chalcondylas, and the Aldine editions of 1504 and 1517, have still some value beyond that of curiosity.

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Princeps, prin′seps, n. one who, or that which, is foremost, original, &c.: short for editio princeps, the first edition of a book.

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The Editio Princeps, a real first edition of supreme value, appeared from the press of John Fust in 1459.

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