1865 1st Edition
PROMPTORIUM PARVULORUM
Sive Clericorum Dictionarius Anglo-Latinus Princeps
By Geoffrey the Grammarian (Galfridus Grammaticus) / Albert Way
Author Bio: Geoffrey the Grammarian (Galfridus Grammaticus) — a Dominican friar of Norfolk, active c. 1440. Very little is known of his life beyond his order and region; his reputation rests on the Promptorium, which he compiled from teaching practice and contemporary usage. It is prized for glossing ordinary medieval objects, crafts, dress, and domestic life.
Albert Way, A.M. (1805–1874) — English antiquary, long associated with the Camden Society and the Society of Antiquaries. Way edited and greatly annotated the Promptorium, adding long linguistic notes, source citations (Chaucer, Piers Plowman, etc.), sample manuscript hands (your plate with red ‘W’ initial), and multiple indices that make the edition still heavily used.
Synopsis: Middle-English to Latin lexicon compiled by a Norfolk Dominican c.1440—the earliest substantial English→Latin dictionary and a cornerstone source for everyday medieval vocabulary, crafts, dress, & domestic life. Albert Way’s definitive Camden Society edition, here bound as one thick volume under the general 1865 title-leaf, bringing together the three parts issued 1843/1845/1865, with extensive notes, indices, and three lithographed plates of manuscript hands.
Binding: Hardcover, Octavo (Standard) (8vo 6 × 9 in 152 × 229 mm )
Note: Binding/size selection follows standard bibliographic conventions and is approximate; exact measurements may vary.
Collation: pp. 666
Language: Latin/English
Published By: Sumptibus Societatis Camdenensis (Camden Society), London
Condition Report:
Dust Jacket: No Jacket, Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket
Very Good - 8vo. General title (1865); Advertisement [xi] pp; Preface pp. i–xliii; Appendix pp. i–xxxvi; Orthographic Index pp. i–ii; Main text pp. 1–563 (incl. Additional Notes & Corrections); [1] blank; [4] Camden matter (publisher list/series leaves).
Plate: 3 litho plates of manuscript samples (present).
Binding: 19th-century full calf (period), ms. paper spine label “Way 1865.”.
Shipping Info: Approximate Package Dimensions H: 12.5, L: 30, W: 25 (Units: cm), W: 2Kg
Tracked Shipping, Insurance Coverage as per Customer Request
SKU: BTETM0002547
1865 1st Edition
PROMPTORIUM PARVULORUM
Sive Clericorum Dictionarius Anglo-Latinus Princeps
By Geoffrey the Grammarian (Galfridus Grammaticus) / Albert Way
Author Bio: Geoffrey the Grammarian (Galfridus Grammaticus) — a Dominican friar of Norfolk, active c. 1440. Very little is known of his life beyond his order and region; his reputation rests on the Promptorium, which he compiled from teaching practice and contemporary usage. It is prized for glossing ordinary medieval objects, crafts, dress, and domestic life.
Albert Way, A.M. (1805–1874) — English antiquary, long associated with the Camden Society and the Society of Antiquaries. Way edited and greatly annotated the Promptorium, adding long linguistic notes, source citations (Chaucer, Piers Plowman, etc.), sample manuscript hands (your plate with red ‘W’ initial), and multiple indices that make the edition still heavily used.
Synopsis: Middle-English to Latin lexicon compiled by a Norfolk Dominican c.1440—the earliest substantial English→Latin dictionary and a cornerstone source for everyday medieval vocabulary, crafts, dress, & domestic life. Albert Way’s definitive Camden Society edition, here bound as one thick volume under the general 1865 title-leaf, bringing together the three parts issued 1843/1845/1865, with extensive notes, indices, and three lithographed plates of manuscript hands.
Binding: Hardcover, Octavo (Standard) (8vo 6 × 9 in 152 × 229 mm )
Note: Binding/size selection follows standard bibliographic conventions and is approximate; exact measurements may vary.
Collation: pp. 666
Language: Latin/English
Published By: Sumptibus Societatis Camdenensis (Camden Society), London
Condition Report:
Dust Jacket: No Jacket, Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket
Very Good - 8vo. General title (1865); Advertisement [xi] pp; Preface pp. i–xliii; Appendix pp. i–xxxvi; Orthographic Index pp. i–ii; Main text pp. 1–563 (incl. Additional Notes & Corrections); [1] blank; [4] Camden matter (publisher list/series leaves).
Plate: 3 litho plates of manuscript samples (present).
Binding: 19th-century full calf (period), ms. paper spine label “Way 1865.”.
Shipping Info: Approximate Package Dimensions H: 12.5, L: 30, W: 25 (Units: cm), W: 2Kg
Tracked Shipping, Insurance Coverage as per Customer Request
SKU: BTETM0002547
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