Dictionarium Anglo-Britannicum; or, A general English dictionary, Comprehending A brief, but emphatical and clear explication of all sorts of difficult words, that derive their original from other Ancient and Modern languages; as also, of all Terms relating to Arts and Sciences, both Liberal and Mechanical... To which is added, A large collection of words and phrases, as well Latin as English, made use of in our ancient statutes, old records, charters, writs, and processes at law ...[etc.]
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Title: Dictionarium Anglo-Britannicum; or, A general English dictionary, Comprehending A brief, but emphatical and clear explication of all sorts of difficult words, that derive their original from other Ancient and Modern languages; as also, of all Terms relating to Arts and Sciences, both Liberal and Mechanical... To which is added, A large collection of words and phrases, as well Latin as English, made use of in our ancient statutes, old records, charters, writs, and processes at law ...[etc.]
Classmark: BC Lg/KER
Creator(s): Kersey, John (fl. 1720)
Additional creator(s): Phillips, Edward (1630-1696?) (Other)
Related people: Phillips, Edward
Publisher: Printed by J. Wilde for J. Phillips...; H. Rhodes, ...; and J. Taylor
Publication city: London
Date(s): 1708
Language: English
Size and medium: [696] p
Persistent link: https://explore.library.leeds.ac.uk/special-collections-explore/285286
Printed items catalogue: https://leeds.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/discovery/fulldisplay?vid=44LEE_INST:VU1&docid=alma991002091509705181
Description
First edition.
"An unconfessed abridgement of Kersey's revision [1796] of [Edward] Phillips's dictionary [New world of English words] though it contains much dialectal material... not found in that work." [Alston].
Indexed in: Alston vol.5, no.91.
Additional description
With signature Johannes Perkes ex Æde. Trin? Oxon? (circa 1750?) on title-page. With book-label of T.G. Alderman (circa 1880?) on front paste-down
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