Lowndes, Isaac.

Estimate

2,500 - 3,500 GBP

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Description

Lexikon thV agglikhV kai graikikhV glwsshV [Lexicon of the English and Greek Language]. Corfu: Printed at the Government Press for the author, 1827

First edition, 8vo (220 x 135mm.), contemporary half vellum, spine gilt, [Blackmer 1034 (this copy); Legrand & Pernot 1107], some spotting and browning, small library stamp on first and last leaf, binding somewhat rubbed

Provenance

The Blackmer copy, with his book label, sale in these rooms 11-13 October 1989, lot 793

Catalogue Note

This rare work, published in Corfu, "has the distinction of being the first English-modern Greek lexicon" (Blackmer).