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New dialogves or colloqvies, and, a little dictionary of eight languages : Latine, French, Low-Dvtch, High-Dvtch, Spanish, Italian, English, Portvgall. : A booke very necessary for all those that studie these tongues, either at home or abroad. : Now perfected and made fit for travellers, young merchants and sea-men, especially those that desire to attaine to the use of these tongues
Berlemont, Noël de (1531); Sparke, Michael (1645)
1639
English title on verso of first leaf; added t.p. in Latin, French and Dutch on recto of second leaf and repeated on recto of fifth leaf: Colloqvia & dictionariolvm octo linguarum, each of these title ...
An English dictionary, explaining the difficult terms that are used in divinity, husbandry, physick, philosophy, law, navigation, mathematicks, and other arts and sciences. Containing many thousands of hard words (and proper named of places) more than are in any other English dictionary or expositor. Together with the etymological derivation of them from their proper fountains, whether Hebrew, Greek, Latin, French, or any other language. In a method more comprehensive than any that is extant
Coles, Elisha (1640?-1680)
1696
Indexed in: Not Wing C5075. Alston 68.
A battle-door for teachers & professors to learn singular & plural : you to many, and thou to one: singular one, thou; plural many, you. Wherein is shewed forth by grammar, or scripture examples, how several nations and people have made a distinction between singular and plural... Also, in this book is set forth examples of the singular and plural about thou, and you, in several languages, divided into distinct battle-doors, or formes, or examples; English, Latine, Italian, Greek, Hebrew ... In the latter part of this book are contained severall bad unsavoury words gathered forth of certain school-books
Fox, George (1624-1691); Stubbs, John (1618?-1674); Furly, Benjamin (1636-1714)
1660
Many errors in paging. The different sections printed at different presses, are arranged according to the directions to the reader on last 3 pages of 7th section, which is followed by leaf of errata w...
A collection of English proverbs : digested into a convenient method for the speedy finding any one upon occasion; with short annotations. Whereunto are added local proverbs with their explications, old proverbial rhythmes, less known or exotick proverbial sentences, and Scottish proverbs
Ray, John (1627-1705); Hayes, John (1705)
1670
First edition.
Glossographia : or, A dictionary, interpreting all such hard words, whether Hebrew, Greek, Latin, Italian, Spanish, French, Teutonick, Belgick, British, or Saxon; as are now used in our refined English tongue. Also the terms of divinity, law, physick, mathematicks, heraldry, anatomy, war, musick, architecture; and of several other arts and sciences explicated : with etymologies, definitions, and historical observations on the same
Blount, Thomas (1618-1679)
1656
A-Z⁸, Aa-Uu⁸. First edition.
Glossographia: or A dictionary, interpreting the hard words of whatsoever language, now used in our refined English tongue; with etymologies, definitions, and historical observations on the same. Also the terms of divinity, law, physick, musick, mathematicks, war, heraldry, and other arts and sciences explicated. Very usefull for all such as desire to understand what they read
Blount, Thomas (1618-1679)
1681
Title page is a cancel. Edition statement before author statement on the titlepage. Pages 268-269, 272, 360-361, 364-365 and 368 misnumbered 270-271, 274, 358-359, 362-363 and 366. Text and register...
Chirologia: or, The naturall language of the hand : composed of the speaking motions, and discoursing gestures thereof; whereunto is added Chironomia: or, The art of manuall rhetoricke : consisting of the naturall expressions, digested by art in the hand, as the chiefest instrument of eloquence, by historicall manifesto's, exemplified out of the authentique registers of common life, and civill conversation. With types, or chyrograms: a long-wish'd for illustration of this argument
Bulwer, John (fl. 1644-1662); Harper, Thomas (1656); Whitaker, Richard (1648)
1644
Two parts in one volume. 1 line quotation in Latin on title-page: Manus membrum hominis loquacissimum. Each volume separately paginated, both have engraved title-pages preceding the printed ones, ...
The English grammar, or The institution of letters, syllables, and words, in the English tongue : Whereunto is annexed an index of words like and unlike. By Charls [sic] Butler Magd. Master of Arts
Butler, Charles (1647)
1633
Phonetic spelling, with use of special phonetic characters. In Butler's reformed spelling. Includes index.
Joh. Amos Commenii orbis sensualium pictus : hoc est, omnium fundamentalium in mundo rerum, & in vita actionum, pictura & nomenclatura. John. Amos Commenius's visible world
Comenius, Johann Amos (1592-1670); Hoole, Charles (1610-1667)
1672
Text in English and Latin, arranged by columns. With woodcut portrait and illustrations.
Gazophylacium Anglicanum : containing the derivation of English words, proper and common... proving the Dutch and Saxon to be the prime fountains ...[etc.]
1689
Text in two sections, the second section having a dropped-head title reading: "Etymologicon onomasticon: or, An etymological explication of the proper names on men and women: as also of rivers, countr...
A copious English and Netherduytch dictionarie composed out of our best English authours. With an appendix of the names of all kinds of beasts... hunting, and hawking. As also a compendious grammar ... Het groot woorden-boeck, gestelt in't Engelsch ende Nederduytsch. Met een appendix van de namen van alderley beesten, vogelen, visschen, jagerye, end valckerye &c. Als oock, een korte Engelsche grammatica. Alles met groote naerstigheyt uyt de beste Engelsche autheuren t'samen gevoeght door Henry Hexham
Hexham, Henry (1585?-1650?)
Anno 1648
Sig. (*)4 is a blank leaf. E4 wrongly signed C4. Vol.2 has title "Het groot woorden-boeck gestelt in't Neder-duytsch ende in't Engelsch... ".