Thesauraus Graecae linguae [Graece.]
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Renouard, Estienne, 135:3; Schreiber, 181; PMM 62. Édition originale. C est sur cette édition que la réputation de Henri Estienne est basée c est également cette publication qui ruina le grand imprimeur et humaniste. « Henri Estienne s magnum opus, the publication of which marked the great event of his career, as well as a high point in the annals of European scholarship. It also proved Henri Estienne s financial ruin. The plan for this monumental work was conceived by Robert Estienne, who wished to do for Greek what he had done for Latin with his Latinae Linguae Thesaurus; this Greek Thesaurus too was a pioneering work, following the scientific principle of arranging words not in traditional, strict alphabetical order, but rather grouping them according to their etymological roots » (Schreiber). « Le grand événement de la vie de Henri, sa publication la plus importante, et à bon droit reconnue pour la plus utile de toutes celles que l on doit à ses longs travaux littéraires et typographiques, est ce Thesaurus Graecae Linguae » (Renouard). « Finally, in the mid-1550s, Robert Estienne turned to a Greek companion piece of the Thesaurus [ Latinae Linguae ]. His chief collaborator was his son Henri, who, after his father s death, eventually brought it under under his own imprimt as Thesaurus Linguae Graecae (Geneva 1572). Even more than with the Thesaurus Latinus , there has to this day been no substitute for the Thesauraus Graecus » (PMM). Petites traces d humidité au début du t
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