The Compleat linguist. Or, An universal grammar of all the considerable tongues in being : In a shorter, clearer, and more instructive method than is extant. Collected from the most approv'd hands. ... By John Henley, M.A.

Format:

Journal/Periodical

Author/Creator:

Henley, John, 1692-1756., Author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Language and languages--Grammar--Periodicals--Early works to 1800.

Language and languages.

Genre:

Periodicals.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (v. )

Irregular

Numb. I (For the month of August, 1719)-

Ceased with no. 10 (1726). Cf. Wiles.

Other Title:

Compleat linguist. Or, An universal grammar of all the considerable tongues in being.

Place of Publication:

London [England] : printed for J[ames]. Roberts, in Warwick-Lane; and J. Pemberton, at the Buck and Sun against St. Dunstan's Church in Fleetstreet, 1719-1726.

Notes:

Each issue has separate title page and half title.

Below title: "To be publish'd monthly, one distinct grammar each month, till the whole is perfected: with a preface to every grammar, relating to each tongue."

Following imprint on no. 1: "Price 1s"; price varies with issue.

A series of ten grammatical treatises, beginning with Spanish (Aug. 1719) and continuing through Italian, French, Greek, Latin, Hebrew, and other languages. The particular language treated is named in a title page note below the issue date. Although title page indicates that issues were intended to be published monthly, publication was irregular, and no. 10, the final issue, was not published until 1726 (cf. Wiles).

Reproduction of original from British Library.

An index follows the first five issues.

Gaps in publication.

Chronological and numerical designation through no. 6; nos. 7-8 have numerical designation only.

Cited in:

Wiles, R.M. Serial publication in England before 1750, p. 24

English Short Title Catalog, P2021.

OCLC:

508339126