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RARE 16th-century edition of the "Thesaurus Linguae Sanctae", a Hebrew-Latin dictionary for Catholic ministers, originally composed during the early 16th century by the Dominican Bible scholar St.Pagnini. The dictionary appended a list of nominalization patterns and a list of irregular nouns. This edition was printed by the famous Dutch publisher Christopher Plantin at 1570, during the first years of the religious strife that came to be known as the Eighty Years' War. The book features the publisher's elaborate emblem on the title page, a decorative first capital letter on the first text page, and floral title bars in several places throughout the book. The book ends with a royal privilege from Emperor Maximilian II. 115x165mm. Unpaginated preface and appendix. 380 pages (irregular pagination: [188] + [193-380], but the text is COMPLETE. Rebound in black cloth Hardcover. Gilt lettering on spine. Ex libris and binder's stickers on endpaper. Pen inscriptions (dated 1752) on title page, and outside the text on few other pages. Last text page upper edge slightly torn - NO damage to text. Pages yellowing. [SUMMARY]: This 16th-century old Plantin dictionary is surprisingly preserved in very good condition.