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editio princeps

[ e-dit-i-oh pring-keps; English ih-dish-ee-oh prin-seps ]

noun

, Latin.
, plural e·di·ti·o·nes prin·ci·pes [e-dit-i-, oh, -nes , pring, -ki-pes, ih-dish-ee-, oh, -neez , prin, -s, uh, -peez].
  1. first edition.


editio princeps

/ ɪˈdɪʃɪəʊ ˈprɪnsɛps /

noun

  1. the first printed edition of a work


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Many of these were gleaned from the editio princeps of Thorkelin2.

This was the editio princeps of a number of forged anti-Semitic documents, of which the Nilus Protocols are the latest redaction.

Nor would the exemption of an editio princeps from everyday sordid work restrain his sacrilegious hands.

An editio princeps is not a mere toy—it has something in it that may purchase the attention even of a thinking man.

This she professes to translate from the editio princeps published by Jean Lange in 1667.

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