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"This book, commonly known as 'Cooper's Dictionary', delighted Queen Elizabeth so much that she expressed her determination to promote the author as far as lay in her power' (DNB).
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COOPER, Thomas (Bishop of Winchester, 1517?-94). Thesaurus Linguae Romanae & Briannicae, London, [collophon: (Henry Denham) aedibus Henrici Bynnemani, 1584], 2° in 6's (title laid down and remargined, repair to tail edge of 7D6 and 7M5 extended, lacking 7M6 a [?] blank, occasional spotting), 19th-century calf (upper cover and spine detached). [STC 5689]