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The English and Welch dictionary : or, the English before the Welch. Containing all the words that are necessary to understand both languages; but more especially, for the translation of the English into Welch
Roderick, John (1690 (ca.)-1735); Williams, John rector of Willey; Evans, Lewis of Llandessilio
1737
Added t.-p. : Y geirlyfr Saesneg a Chymraeg; neu'r Saesneg o flaen y Cymraeg... A ddechreuwyd ar y cyntaf gan Sion Rhydderch. First published in 1725.
Lexicon tetraglotton, an English-French-Italian-Spanish dictionary : whereunto is adjoined a large nomenclature of the proper terms (in all the four) belonging to several arts and sciences, to recreations, to professions both liberal and mechanick, &c., divided into fiftie two sections : with another volume of the choicest proverbs in all the said toungs, (consisting of divers compleat tomes) and the English translated into the other three... : more over, there are sundry familiar letters and verses running all in proverbs, with a particular tome of the Brittish or old Cambrian sayed sawes and adages, which the author thought fit to annex hereunto ... : lastly, there are five centuries of new sayings which, in tract of time, may serve for proverbs to posterity
Howell, James (1594?-1666); Grismond, John; Bee, Cornelius
1660
Half-title page reads: Howell's dictionary. Engraved illustrated frontispiece. Part [2], "A particular vocabulary, or nomenclature...[etc.]", bears imprint "London, printed by Thomas Leach, 1659"....
An essay on the power of numbers, and the principles of harmony in poetical compositions
Mason, John (1706-1763)
1749
First edition. Author's name appears on 1761 edition. Advertisement of Mason's forthcoming "Essay on the power and harmony of numbers in prosaic composition" on verso of last leaf (K2). Head-pie...
A grammar of the English tongue, : with the arts of logick, rhetorick, poetry, etc... for the use of the schools of Great Britain and Ireland
Brightland, John (1717); Steele, Sir Richard (1672-1729); Gildon, Charles (1665-1724); Tate, Nahum (1652-1715)
1721
A6 possibly a cancel. Variously attributed to John Brightland, Sir Richard Steele and Charles Gildon: Alston, English language, 1, no. 46, but with 18 preliminary pages: pi1\v Approbation of Isaac B...
Vulgaria
Horman, William (1535); James, M R (1862-1936); Roxburghe Club
1926
Listed as no. 184 in The Club's Catalogue of books. Presented to The Club by the Earl of Crawford and Balcarres. Frontispiece is facsimile of original t.p.
The Westmorland dialect : with the adjacency of Lancashire & Yorkshire, in four familiar dialogues: in which an attempt is made to illustrate the provincial idiom
Wheeler, Ann Coward (1735-1804); Ritson, Isaac (1761-1789)
1821
"The Cumberland dialect, entitled the Borrowdale letter; from a shepherd, to his friend, describing his voyage from Whitehaven to Dublin" [by Isaac Ritson], and "Addenda" each paged seperately at the ...
The Westmorland dialect : with the adjacency of Lancashire & Yorkshire, in four familiar dialogues: in which an attempt is made to illustrate the provincial idiom
Wheeler, Ann Coward (1735-1804); Ritson, Isaac (1761-1789)
1821
"The Cumberland dialect, entitled the Borrowdale letter; from a shepherd, to his friend, describing his voyage from Whitehaven to Dublin" [by Isaac Ritson], and "Addenda" each paged seperately at the ...
The Westmorland dialect : with the adjacency of Lancashire & Yorkshire, in four familiar dialogues: in which an attempt is made to illustrate the provincial idiom
Wheeler, Ann Coward (1735-1804); Ritson, Isaac (1761-1789)
1821
"The Cumberland dialect, entitled the Borrowdale letter; from a shepherd, to his friend, describing his voyage from Whitehaven to Dublin" [by Isaac Ritson], and "Addenda" each paged seperately at the ...