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Les élémens de la langue Angloise, développés d'une maniere nouvelle, facile & très-concise, en forme de dialogues; où la prononciation est enseignée par un assemblage de lettres, qui forme des sons similaires en François, & où la juste mesure de chaque syllabe est déterminée; avec des phrases familieres, et des dialogues, très-inteŕressants pour ceux qui souhaitent parler Anglois correctement, & en peu de tems. Par V.J. Payton. [Three lines in Latin from St. Augustine].
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Peyton, V. J.
- Language:
- French
- Subjects (All):
- English language--Pronunciation by foreign speakers--Early works to 1800.
- English language.
- English language--Conversation and phrase books--French--Early works to 1800.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (vi,[3],10-158,[2]p. )
- Edition:
- Nouvelle edition, revue, corrigée, & enrichie de plusieurs nouvelles régles & rémarques, servant à écarter les difficultés qui retardent les progrè des etrangers.
- Other Title:
- ?l?mens de la langue Angloise,
- Place of Publication:
- Philadelphie : Imprimé par Wrigley & Berriman; pour Mathew Carey, no. 118, Rue de Marché, 1794.
- Notes:
- With a second title page, in English, facing the French title page: The elements of the English language, explained in a new, easy, and concise manner, by way of dialogues ..
- Two states of gathering [A] noted. In one, the last word on p. [iv] is "qui"; in the other, "Langue." - Printed (for the most part) in three columns.
- An abridgment: Without the 'Phrases familières' and 'Vocabulaire anglois et françois'.
- With an English titlepage on the verso of the initial leaf; the preface, table and 'Les élémens de la langue Anglois' are in French, the 'Dialogues familiers' are in parallel English, phonetic pronunciation of the English and French.
- Reproduction of original from British Library.
- Cited in:
- Evans, 27498
- Alston, II.270
- English Short Title Catalog, W31838.
- OCLC:
- 642789142
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