(1606). [NICOT (Jean)]. THRESOR DE LA LANGUE FRANÇOYSE TANT - Lot 427

(1606). [NICOT (Jean)]. THRESOR DE LA LANGUE FRANÇOYSE TANT ANCIENNE QUE MODERNE... sont les noms propres de Marine, Venerie et Faulconnerie cy devant ramassez par Aimar de Ranconnet... revised and corrected by more than half by Jean Nicot... Avec une grammaire françoyse et latine, et le recueil des vieux proverbes français. Paris, D. Douceur, 1606. 4 parts on 2 columns of [4]-674-[1]-1bl. ; [4]-32 ; 24 ; [4]-192-[36] pages, bound in an in-folio volume, fawn calf, ribbed spine, (XX° binding). The most sought-after edition of this famous dictionary, an essential document and the richest source for knowledge of our language before the classical era. The second part is entitled Exact et très facile acheminement à la langue françoise by Jean Masset, followed by the Adages français-latins by J. Aegidius. The last part is Adrianus' Nomenclator octilinguis, where words are classified according to meaning. Pages 409 to 420 are missing. (Brunet IV, 71, "an indispensable book for the study of authors prior to the 17th century").