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The royal grammar, commonly called Lylly's grammar, explained : In those rules of it, which concern the genders, and irregular declinings of nouns; and the preterperfect tenses, and supines of verbs; ordinarily called, propria quæ maribus; quæ genus; and as in præsenti. By way of question and answer, opening the meanings of the rules with great plainness, to the understanding of children of meanest capacity. With choice critical observations on the same, from the best extant authors and grammarians; for the amending of the mistakes, and supplying the defects thereof

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Title: The royal grammar, commonly called Lylly's grammar, explained : In those rules of it, which concern the genders, and irregular declinings of nouns; and the preterperfect tenses, and supines of verbs; ordinarily called, propria quæ maribus; quæ genus; and as in præsenti. By way of question and answer, opening the meanings of the rules with great plainness, to the understanding of children of meanest capacity. With choice critical observations on the same, from the best extant authors and grammarians; for the amending of the mistakes, and supplying the defects thereof

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Classmark: BC Lg/LIL

Creator(s): Walker, William (1623-1684)

Related people: Lily, William, 1468?-1522

Publisher: printed for Robert Powlet at the sign of the Bible in Chancery-Lane neat Fleet-street, and Edward Pawlet bookseller in Grantham

Publication city: London

Date(s): 1674

Language: English

Size and medium: [16], 144, 141-256, [8], 257-486, [1] p

Persistent link: https://explore.library.leeds.ac.uk/special-collections-explore/285288

Printed items catalogue: https://leeds.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/discovery/fulldisplay?vid=44LEE_INST:VU1&docid=alma991002091639705181

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Caption title on p. 1: An explanation of the rules of the grammar; touching the genders of nouns as they are delivered in propria quæ maribus, &c.


Running title reads: An explanation of Lillies Grammar.


The second part, "An explanation of the rules of the Royal grammar" includes the preliminaries of the first edition, 1670, of this part. Wing W 423.


Indexed in: Wing (CD-ROM, 1996) W434.

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With the signature of R. Cornfield, and the name-stamp of H.L.F. Guermonprez

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