The royal dictionary abridged : in two parts, I. French and English, II. English and French : containing near five thousand words more than any French and English dictionary yet extant, and to which are added, the accents of all English words, to facilitate their pronunciation to foreigners ... : as also, an alphabetical list of the most common Christian names of men and women, and the abbreviations of the said names vulgarly used / by Mr. A. Boyer.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Boyer, Abel, 1667-1729.

Contributor:

Browne, Daniel, -1762, bookseller.

Browne, Jonas, -1718, bookseller.

Language:

English

French

Subjects (All):

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

French language.

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

English language.

Penn Provenance:

Zachs, William J. (donor) (RBC copy)

King, John King, Baron, 1706-1740 (autograph) (inscription) (RBC copy)

Ben Damph House. Library (stamp) (RBC copy)

Physical Description:

[992] p., [1] leaf of plates : ill. ; 21 cm (8vo)

Edition:

The third edition, carefully corrected and improv'd with above two thousand words, extracted out of the most approved authors.

Fingerprint:

s.er d.y. b.to &cAg (C) 1715 (A)

Place of Publication:

Lodnon [sic] : Printed for D. and J. Brown ... [and 21 others], 1715.

Notes:

Signatures: A-3I⁴, ²A-2M⁴ 3A-4L⁴.

Added engraved illustrated title leaf (plate).

Title within border of double rules.

Text printed primarily in triple columns within ruled borders.

Local Notes:

RBC copy imperfect: leaf ²4L4 wanting.

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

RBC copy has dated 18th-century ms. ownership inscription ("Johnsen his book anno Domini 1725") on front pastedown.

RBC copy has dated 18th-century autograph ("J King July ye 6 1717") in brown ink on front pastedown and ms. inscription ("John King his") at head of title leaf, both probably of John King, 2nd Baron King (1706-1740).

RBC copy has blue ink stamp ("LIBRARY, BEN DAMPH FOREST. ...") with ms. shelf-mark ("C ... I ... 16") supplied in ink on front free endpaper.

RBC copy: tail outer corner of leaf M2 torn off and laid in; wormhole in inner margin of front free endpaper, added engraved title leaf, and leaves A1-N4.

Cited in:

ESTC T132570

OCLC:

3171561