The new world of English words, or, A general dictionary : containing the interpretations of such hard words as are derived from other languages, whether Hebrew, Arabick, Syriack, Greek, Latin, Italian, French, Spanish, British, Dutch, Saxon, &c., their etymologies, and perfect definitions : together with all those terms that relate to the arts and sciences ... : to which are added the significations of proper names, mythology, and poetical fiction, historical relations, geographical descriptions of most countreys and cities of the world, especially of these three nations, wherein their chiefest antiquities, battles, and other most memorable passages are mentioned : as also all other subjects that are useful and appertain to our English language : a work very necessary for strangers, as well as our own countreymen, for all persons that would rightly understand what they discourse, write, or read / collected and published by E.P.

Format:

Microformat

Author/Creator:

Phillips, Edward, 1630-1696?

Series:

Early English books, 1641-1700 ; 1659:24.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

English language--Dictionaries.

English language.

Genre:

Dictionaries.

Physical Description:

approximately 380 pages

35 mm

monochrome

service copy

positive

Other Title:

General dictionary.

Place of Publication:

London : Printed for Nath. Brook ... and William Cartwright ..., 1663.

Notes:

Dedication signed: Edw. Phillips; preface signed: Edward Phillips.

Imperfect: faded.

Reproduction of original in the Huntington Library.

Microfilm. Ann Arbor, Mich. : University Microfilms International, 1985. 1 microfilm reel ; 35 mm. (Early English books, 1641-1700 ; 1659:24)

Cited in:

Wing P2070

OCLC:

18701293