editio princeps
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editiones principes
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The very beautiful copy of this editio princeps on vellum, and now in the British Museum, was purchased by the Museum authorities at Dr. Askew's sale in 1775 for 53 guineas.
From The Book-Hunter in London Historical and Other Studies of Collectors and Collecting by W. (William) Roberts
Roerer designates this edition as the third, probably because two imprints had been made of the editio princeps.
From Historical Introductions to the Symbolical Books of the Evangelical Lutheran Church by F. (Friedrich) Bente
Even the editio princeps of 1531 is no longer in literal agreement with the original manuscripts.
From Historical Introductions to the Symbolical Books of the Evangelical Lutheran Church by F. (Friedrich) Bente
It is a curious fact that the most accurate edition of Gray's collected poems is the editio princeps of 1768, printed under his own supervision.
From Select Poems of Thomas Gray by Robert Carruthers
The work has come down to us from a single MS., now in the library at Venice, from which the editio princeps was published.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 4 "Hero" to "Hindu Chronology" by Various
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