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A worlde of wordes, or, Most copious, and exact dictionarie in Italian and English

Florio, John, 1553?-1625, Hatfield, Arnold, -1612, printer, Blount, Edward, active 1588-1632, bookseller, Price, Charles Rugge, former owner, Tiles, Edward, former owner · 1598 · Printed at London : By Arnold Hatfield for Edw. Blount · 1 picture

A London dictionary of Italian and English printed in 1598 by Arnold Hatfield for the bookseller Edward Blount, compiled by John Florio for English readers learning Italian. The one picture is a woodcut headpiece of a bearded face in a feathered headdress framed by symmetrical scrolling foliage, which a designer could take as a model for dense ornamental symmetry and decorative border work.

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