Thesaurus linguae Romanae & Britannicae, . tam accurate congestus, vt nihil penè in eo desyderari possit, quod vel Latinè complectatur amplissimus Stephani Thesaurus, vel Anglicè, toties aucta Eliotae Bibliotheca: opera & industria Thomae Cooperi Magdalenensis. ... Accessit dictionarium historicum et poëticum propria vocabula virorum, mulierum, sectarum, populorum, vrbium, montium, & caeterorum locorum complectens, & in his iucundissimas & omnium cognitione dignissimas historias.
Thomas Cooper (1517-1594)
Category
Books
Date
1578
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Ham House, Surrey
NT 3038665
Summary
Bibliographic description
[1720]p. ; fol. Not indigenous. Wanting initial blank leaf. "&" in line 10 of title. Provenance: Sixteenth- or seventeenth-century inscription on title page, mostly illegible: Mat[ ] Lynh[ ] [?]. Eighteenth-century inscriptions on title page and flyleaf: 1. Thomas Empson Trin: Coll Cant: Alumni. 2. (twice) Thomas Empson 1720. 3. (in two different inks?) "Thomas Empson 1720 Bought ye 7 of Aprill: price 1=5." Other eighteenth-century inscriptions on title page: 1. Henry Empson 2. Hassall [?] 3. Librus hunc smit [?] Boa[ ] Hassall [?] ab Ellen. [?] Halson [?]. With other illegible inscriptions, some crossed through. Bequeathed to the National Trust by Norman Norris (1917-1991). Inscribed on flyleaf in Norris's hand: East Sutton Park 27/6 '45 [East Sutton Park, Kent, seat of baronets of Filmer].. Binding: Seventeenth-century full calf over boards; blind fillets, roll-tools and cornerpieces to form a central panel; later brown leather spine label with title "Cooperi Thesaurus"; sewn on five raised bands.
Makers and roles
Thomas Cooper (1517-1594) Sir Thomas Elyot (1490-1546) Henri Estienne (1531-1598)