editio princeps

[ e-dit-i-oh pring-keps; English ih-dish-ee-oh prin-seps ]

noun

, Latin.

, plural e·di·ti·o·nes prin·ci·pes [e-dit-i-, oh, -nes , pring, -ki-pes, ih-dish-ee-, oh, -neez , prin, -s, uh, -peez].

1. first edition.

editio princeps

/ ɪˈdɪʃɪəʊ ˈprɪnsɛps /

noun

1. the first printed edition of a work

Example Sentences

Many of these were gleaned from the editio princeps of Thorkelin2.

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This was the editio princeps of a number of forged anti-Semitic documents, of which the Nilus Protocols are the latest redaction.

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Nor would the exemption of an editio princeps from everyday sordid work restrain his sacrilegious hands.

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An editio princeps is not a mere toy—it has something in it that may purchase the attention even of a thinking man.

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This she professes to translate from the editio princeps published by Jean Lange in 1667.

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