1756 LEXICON Greek literature & Language Hesychius of Alexandria ANTIQUE FOLIO

Hesychius of Alexandria. Lexicon, cum Notis Doctorum Virorum Integris...2 volumesLugduni Batavorum: Luchtmans, 1756Engraved portrait of the editor, Joannes Albertus by Houbraken. Large folio: 10.5 by 17"Original calf, gilt-lettered spine-labels; shelf-worn and front covers detached, generally sound internally, very good interior."Bonne edition, bien imprimee." - Brunet III, page 146; As yet the best edition..." - Ebert 9641.Text in Latin==========================A seminal edition of the famed Lexicon of Hesychius of Alexandria. Compiled in the 5th or 6th century AD, the lexicon, more than the title might suggest, is an invaluable resource for Greek literature and language. Compiled from multiple earlier sources, the lexicon provides numerous quotations from otherwise lost literary texts, numerous dialect glosses, and detailed historical information not contained anywhere else (such as the names of Athenian gene social groups). The Lexicon survives in a single, corrupt, and damaged manu