editio princeps
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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.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 3 of 4: N-R) by Various
As to the alterations themselves, the Latin text of the editio princeps of the Augsburg Confession of 1531 received the following additions: sec.
From Historical Introductions to the Symbolical Books of the Evangelical Lutheran Church by F. (Friedrich) Bente
For twenty years he lectured in Florence, and there prepared the editio princeps of Homer, the first great Greek author to be printed.
From The Century of Columbus by James J. Walsh
We may remark here that the edition of 1768—the editio princeps of the collected Poems—was issued under Gray's own supervision, and is printed with remarkable accuracy.
From Select Poems of Thomas Gray by Robert Carruthers
The Latin text of the editio princeps, embodied in the Book of Concord, had likewise undergone some, though unessential, changes.
From Historical Introductions to the Symbolical Books of the Evangelical Lutheran Church by F. (Friedrich) Bente
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