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editio princeps
[ e-dit-i-oh pring-keps; English ih-dish-ee-oh prin-seps ]
noun
- first edition.
editio princeps
/ 瑟藞d瑟蕛瑟蓹蕣 藞pr瑟ns蓻ps /
noun
- the first printed edition of a work
Example Sentences
It was printed in the latter year, in the 鈥渆ditio princeps鈥 of the enlarged and rewritten Adagia then issued from Froben鈥檚 great printing-works at Basel.
The work has come down to us from a single MS., now in the library at Venice, from which the editio princeps was published.
The editio princeps of Homer, published at Florence in 1488, by Demetrius Chalcondylas, and the Aldine editions of 1504 and 1517, have still some value beyond that of curiosity.
Princeps, prin鈥瞫eps, n. one who, or that which, is foremost, original, &c.: short for editio princeps, the first edition of a book.
The Editio Princeps, a real first edition of supreme value, appeared from the press of John Fust in 1459.
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