An universal etymological English dictionary : comprehending the derivation of the generality of words in the English tongue ... together with a large collection and explication of words and phrases us'd in our ancient statutes ... to which is added a collection of our most common proverbs ... / the whole work compil'd and methodically digested ... by N. Bailey ...

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bailey, N. (Nathan), -1742.

Contributor:

Bell, E., active 1698-1722, bookseller.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

English language--Dictionaries--Early works to 1800.

English language.

Names, Personal--Great Britain--Early works to 1800.

Names, Personal.

Names, Geographical--Great Britain--Early works to 1800.

Names, Geographical.

Great Britain.

Genre:

Dictionaries.

Penn Provenance:

Elias, Archibald C. (bookplate) (donor) (RBC copy)

Knollys, Francis (bookplate) (RBC copy)

Zachs, William J. (donor) (LIBRA Rare copy)

King, Thomas King, Baron, 1712-1779 (autograph) (LIBRA Rare copy)

Ben Damph House. Library (stamp) (LIBRA Rare copy)

Physical Description:

968 unnumbered pages ; 21 cm (4to)

Edition:

The second edition, with large additions.

Fingerprint:

oni- s.hy seh- GeLa (C) 1724 (A)

Place of Publication:

London : Printed for E. Bell ... [and 9 others], 1724.

Notes:

Edition statement precedes statement of responsibility on title leaf.

Originally published in 1721.

Signatures: A⁴ a⁴ B-3N⁴ *3N⁴ 2*3N1 3O-5M⁴ 5N1 5O-6D⁴ 6E².

Without pagination.

Text printed in double columns.

Title within border of double rules.

Initial, factotum initial, and tail-pieces.

Typographical ornaments.

Local Notes:

RBC copy has armorial bookplate of Francis Knollys on front pastedown and bookplate of Archibald Elias on back free endpaper.

RBC copy: upper board detached.

LIBRA Rare copy has a few early ms. notes in brown ink on front pastedown; a few early ms. pen tests and calculations on front free endpaper and back pastedown; early ms. note ("Amsterd: den 27. Jan 1728") in brown ink on blank leaf preceding title leaf.

LIBRA Rare copy presented to the Penn Libraries in 2016 by William J. Zachs.

LIBRA Rare copy has dated 18th-century autograph ("T: King 5 clas 1725") of Thomas King, 5th Baron King (1712-1779), in brown ink on front free endpaper; dated 18th-century autograph ("Thomas King 1725") of the same person in brown ink on verso of back free endpaper.

LIBRA Rare copy has blue ink stamp ("LIBRARY, BEN DAMPH FOREST. ...") with ms. shelf-mark ("A ... V ... 5") supplied in ink on front free endpaper; ms. shelf-mark ("A V 5") in pencil on front pastedown.

LIBRA Rare copy: lower portion of front free endpaper torn off; front free endpaper detached from spine.

Cited in:

ESTC T87494

OCLC:

3115912