The royal English dictionary, or, A treasury of the English language. ... : the whole on so extensive a plan, as to unite the different excellencies of all other English dictionaries : to which is prefixed, a comprehensive grammar of the English tongue / by D. Fenning ...

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Fenning, Daniel.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

English language--Dictionaries.

English language.

Genre:

Dictionaries.

Penn Provenance:

Carpenter, J. (?) (autograph, 1780)

Carpenter, James S., M.D. (stamp)

Physical Description:

viii, 16 pages, 976 unnumbered pages ; 22 cm (8vo)

Edition:

The second edition improved.

Other Title:

Royal English dictionary.

Treasury of the English language.

Place of Publication:

London : Printed for R. Baldwin, J. Richardson, S. Crowder, B. Collins, J. Coote, and J. Wilson and J. Fell, 1763.

Contents:

(from t.p.) I. A full explanation of all the terms made use of in algebra ... surveying, &c.

II. Tracing the words from their original fountains

III. Explaining the various senses in which they are used, supported by authorities from the best English writers

IV. Accents are properly placed, to facilitate the true pronunciation

V. Each word is followed by an initial letter, to denote the part of speech to which it belongs

VI. A geographical account of the principal kingdoms, cities &c. of the world

VII. A description of the cities and counties of England and Wales

VIII. The lives of the most eminent poets and other ingenious and illustrious men, who have flourished in these kingdoms.

Notes:

Signatures: [a]⁴ b-c⁴ B-3N⁴ A⁴ 2B-3N⁴ 3O-3S⁴.

Local Notes:

First four leaves mutilated.

OCLC:

79852867