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A new English dictionary or, a compleat collection of the most proper and significant words, commonly used in the language, with a short...exposition of difficult words
Kersey, John (fl. 1720)
1702
First edition. Chain-line horizontal; signed in fours; but shape of book and position of watermark indicate octavo format.
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.]
Kersey, John (fl. 1720); Phillips, Edward (1630-1696?)
1708
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 ...
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... To which is added, a large collection of words and phrases, as well Latin as English ...[etc.]
Kersey, John (fl. 1720)
1721
Indexed in: Alston vol.5, no.93.