Lexikon Barinou Phabōrinou Kamērtos tou tēs Noukairias Episkopou, to mega kai pany ōphelimon, ek pollon kai diaphorōn bibliōn, hapasēs tēs Hellēnikēs phōnēs hypomnēma. = Dictionarium Varini Phauorini Camertis, Nucerini Episcopi, magnum illud ac perutile multis uariisque ex autoribus collectum, totius linguae Graecae commentarius.
Camers Varinus (1450-1537) Bishop of Nocera
Category
Books
Date
1538
Materials
Place of origin
Basel
Collection
Felbrigg, Norfolk
NT 3101848
Summary
Bibliographic description
[8] p., 1900 [i.e. 2462] columns, [213] p. ; fol. Imperfect: wanting final leaf [sigma]6. Provenance: from the library of Dr Samuel Johnson (1709-1784). Pencil inscription copied over in ink on front fly-leaf: "[illegible] e libris Cl. Saml. Johnson" [written by William Windham III (1750-1810), who was a close friend of Johnson and who bought a number of Johnson's books at the sale of his library in 1785]. Manuscript inscriptions on title page, including: "[illegible] Londini à [illegible] Joa[n]ne à [illegible] 1563. Sept. 2" and "Martin[us] Microni[us]". Old Felbrigg shelfmarks in pencil: O8 (crossed-out) and Z6. Binding: eighteenth-century full sprinkled calf; sewn on six supports; double gilt fillet border; single gilt fillet along board edges; gold-tooled spine; brown leather spine label with gilt title 'Phavorin[i] Lexicon'; red sprinkled textblock edges. Upper board detached. In book box.
Makers and roles
Camers Varinus (1450-1537) Bishop of Nocera, author Camerarius, Joachim, editor