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330: 253: 292:. However, the sale of this thesaurus was impeded due to its high price and the printing of an abridged copy later. In 1576 and 1587, Estienne published two Greek versions of the New Testament. The 1576 version contained the first scientific treatise on the language of the apostolic writers. The 1587 version contained a discussion on the ancient divisions of the text. Estienne's other publications included those of 380:. He also spent time in Paris and other regions in France. These journeys were undertaken partly in the hope of procuring patrons and purchasers, for the large sums which he had spent on such publications as the Thesaurus and the Plato of 1578 had almost ruined him. He published a concordance of the New Testament in 1594. 408:. His son Paul (born 1567) assumed control of the presses in Geneva with Casaubon but he fled to Paris from the authorities. Paul's son Antoine became "Printer to the King" in Paris and "Guardian of the Greek Matrices"; however his death in 1674 ended the nearly two-century-long Estienne printing business. 287:
or Greek thesaurus, appeared in five volumes in 1572. This thesaurus was a sequel to Robert Estienne's Latin thesaurus. The basis of Greek lexicography, a Greek thesaurus to rival that of Estiennes was not printed for over 300 years. This work was begun by his father and served up to the nineteenth
198:, where he learned Spanish and busied himself in collecting and collating manuscripts for his father's press. Around 1551, Robert Estienne fled to Geneva with his family, including Henri Estienne, to escape religious persecution in Paris. The same year, he translated 403:
Henri Estienne was married three times. He married Marguerite Pillot in 1555, Barbe de Wille in 1556, and Abigail Pouppart in 1586. Estienne had fourteen children, three of whom survived him. His daughter was married to
280:, he was compelled to cancel the pages containing them. The book became highly popular, and within sixteen years twelve editions were printed. Estienne used the type he inherited and did not invent any new types. 364:, and resided at the French court for a year. On his return to Geneva he was summoned before the consistory and was imprisoned for a week. From this time his life became more and more nomadic. He traveled to 145:. He was instructed in Latin, Greek, and Hebrew by his father and would eventually take over the Estienne printing firm which his father owned in 1559 when his father died. His most well-known work was the 992:
Biographie universelle ancienne et moderne : histoire par ordre alphabétique de la vie publique et privée de tous les hommes avec la collaboration de plus de 300 savants et littérateurs français ou
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Henri Estienne is considered by some scholars to be the most prominent printer in the Estienne family. Estienne was one of the "greatest and last scholarly editors and publishers of the Renaissance."
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in the multi-national household. However, he was primarily instructed in Greek by Pierre Danès. He was also educated by other French scholars such as
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Critical History of the Text of the New Testament: Wherein is Established the Truth of the Acts on which the Christian Religion is Based
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who saved him from financial despair after the death of his father. Estienne published the first anthology that included sections from
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in 1528 or 1531. His father instructed him in Latin, Greek, Hebrew, and typography, and according to a note in his edition of
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Plato's Dialogues were translated in 1578 by Jean de Serres and edited by Henri Estienne, image of copy owned by
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A Religious Encyclopaedia: Or Dictionary of Biblical, Historical, Doctrinal and Practical Theology
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In 1559, on his father's death, Estienne assumed charge of his presses and became Printer of the
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Considine, John (Spring 2000). "The Lexicographer as Hero: Samuel Johnson and Henri Estienne".
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In 1578 he published the first and one of the most important editions of the complete works of
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in 1554, which was his first independent work. Afterwards, he returned to Italy to assist the
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Among his many publications of Greek authors, his publications of Plato are the source of
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brought him into a fresh dispute with the consistory. To avoid their censure he went to
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The Puritan Earl: The Life of Henry Hastings, Third Earl of Huntingdon 1536-1595
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Sources have conflicting information about whether he was born in 1528 or 1531.
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Dictionaries in Early Modern Europe: Lexicography and the Making of Heritage
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French Vernacular Books: Books Published in the French Language before 1601
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Robert Estienne, Royal Printer: An Historical Study of the Elder Stephanus
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Pettegree, Andrew; Walsby, Malcolm; Wilkinson, Alexander, eds. (2007).
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was printed in its entirety and as a separate play for the first time.
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Grafton, Anthony; Most, Glenn W.; Settis, Salvatore, eds. (2010).
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This includes a detailed assessment of his work by the author.
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Title page of Henri Estienne's 1572 Thesaurus Graecae Linguae
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Universal Pronouncing Dictionary of Biography and Mythology
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Reverdin, Olivier (1956). "Le "Platon" d'Henri Estienne".
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used by scholars today to refer to the works of Plato.
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Morrison, Mary (1962). "Henri Estienne and Sappho".
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Robert Estienne
Henri Estienne (elder)

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printer
Robert Estienne
lexicology
Stephanus pagination
Paris
Adrianus Turnebus
Dionysius of Halicarnassus
Italy
Flanders
Calvin
Aldine Press
Venice
Diodorus Siculus
Rome
Ulrich Fugger
Parmenides
Empedocles
Pre-Socratic philosophers

Republic of Geneva
Sextus Empiricus
Bible

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