1866, ISBN: 0f557910a8d6c3eaea78d368db9801f7

Printed for D. Midwinter, A. Bettesworth, and others. London. 1737. The Eighth Edition, with considerable Improvements. 8vo in 4s.. pp. Unpaginated in double column. Contemporary panelle… More...

Printed for D. Midwinter, A. Bettesworth, and others. London. 1737. The Eighth Edition, with considerable Improvements. 8vo in 4s.. pp. Unpaginated in double column. Contemporary panelled calf, the spine ends worn, the boards holding by the cords, ms. inscription by Edward Lea, 1739, Price 6:0 shillings, text clean with last leaf adhering along the inner edge to the rear free end-paper not affecting text, overall a nice, unsophisticated copy. *The Dedication, by Bailey, is in Latin, his lengthy Introduction in English - 'The Faculty of Speech, which makes so considerable a Difference between a Man and a Brute, is of excellent Use, as it renders Mankind conversible one with another .............'. The purchase price of 6 shillings, in 1739, would today be equivalent to : Real price of that commodity is £51.09 - labour value of that commodity is £644.90 - income value of that commodity is £871.80 - economic share of that commodity is £8,058.00., Printed for D. Midwinter, A. Bettesworth, and others. London. 1737. The Eighth Edition, with considerable Improvements. 8vo in 4, 0, London: printed for J. & J. Knapton [and] Thomas Cox, 1731. The fifth and second editions respectively, together in matching contemporary bindings and unusual thus; 2 volumes, 8vo, pp. 16 plus unpaginated lexicon in double column; [8] plus unpaginated lexicon in double column; full contemporary paneled calf; volume designation numbers in gilt (1 and 2) on spines; top of both spines chipped; good and sound. Engraved armorial bookplate of Edward Conder, Terry Bank, Westmoreland Co. The year 1731 was the first year both titles were published together, and thus the first year both volumes could be bound in matching bindings, as here. The so-called volume II, first published in 1727, and distinguishable by the definite article at the beginning of the title, enjoyed a separate publishing existence from Bailey's An Universal Etymological Dictionary. The work contains an abundance of interesting additions (many from correspondents and contributors - a now accepted practice in lexicography), accents (here first introduced in dictionaries), woodcuts in the text, and heraldic, sporting, military and navigational terms, plus a 36-p. section of canting terms and a 22-p. section of proper names, complete with etymologies. Commercially, the book paved the way for Bailey's next undertaking, the seminal Dictionarium Britannicum which Johnson used as a template for his great Dictionary of 1755. Alston V, 98 and 129., printed for J. & J. Knapton [and] Thomas Cox, 1731, 0, London: Joannem Browne, 1617. First edition, folio, [16], 543, [1], [187]; title within woodcut border, text in double and quadruple column; handsome 18th century full reversed calf with a nice, large blindstamped central panel; maroon morocco label on spine; a very good, sound copy, with an early ownership signture on the title page of "Thos. Hooper," and later from the library of Lord Malmesbury with his note of acquisition on the front free endpaper dated 1796, and likely bound for him; he may have been the one to decide to remove the Spanish dictionary which was issued at the end of this work (old STC 17949; and subsequently deleted from the new STC as a separate work). Twentieth-century bookplate of the Johnsonian, Lindsay Fleming. The preferred first edition, which included two languages, Welsh and Portuguese, dropped from all later editions. "This great lexicon is of great value as a dictionary of Elizabethan English; it is also in all probability the first English book printed by subscription" (DNB). The separately-issued subscriber's list is not present with this copy, as usual, but a photocopy is laid in. Vancil, p. 165; Alston II, 103; STC 17944., Joannem Browne, 1617, 0, London: printed for E. Bell, J. Darby [et al.], 1721. First edition of one of the greatest of all English dictionaries, and "the most popular and representative dictionary of the eighteenth century" (Starnes & Noyes). 8vo, [484] leaves, lexicon in double column; later full diced russia, gilt-decorated spine, red leather label; joints cracked and strengthened with spots of glue, spine worn and with small chips out at the top; early ownership signature of "T. G. Lushington 1743" cut and mounted; recent bookplate of James Mead, Curator Emeritus of Marine Mammals at the Smithsonian. Bailey's An Universal Etymological Dictionary of 1721, which reached a 30th edition by 1802, was the most popular of all dictionaries before Johnson. Notable features include the prominence, and subsequent permanence of the etymological aspect, the inclusion of proverbs, a smattering of cant terms, obsolete expressions, dialect, and equivalents from other languages. It was also the first "universal" dictionary of English, accounting for all words in the language, not just the difficult or specialized ones. Alston V, 94; Kennedy 6211. See also Starnes & Noyes, The English Dictionary from Cawdrey to Johnson, Chapter XIV., printed for E. Bell, J. Darby [et al.], 1721, 0, Paris: E. Dentu, 1866. Leather. Very Good. 7" by 4.5". None. A scarce copy of this Dictionary of Parisian slang by Alfred Delvau. In the original French. One of 600 examples on Dutch paper. Alfred Delvau was a French journalist and writer. He produced several history works and two dictionaries, of which this is one. He made most of his living in lexicographical work and was on the team of Maurice Lachatre's 'Universal Dictionary'. A fascinating and important work in the field of lexicography and the etymology of the French language. Re-bound in a quarter red crushed morocco leather binding with marbled paper covered boards. Externally, generally smart, lightly rubbed in places. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are generally bright and clean with some scattered light foxing. Very Good, E. Dentu, 1866, 3<

1866, ISBN: 0f557910a8d6c3eaea78d368db9801f7

Tweedehands, zeer goed, [SC: 22.99], [PU: E. Dentu, Paris], SLANG DICTIONARY DICTIONNAIRE LANGUE VERTE ARGOT FRENCH, A scarce copy of this Dictionary of Parisian slang by Alfred Delvau. I… More...

Tweedehands, zeer goed, [SC: 22.99], [PU: E. Dentu, Paris], SLANG DICTIONARY DICTIONNAIRE LANGUE VERTE ARGOT FRENCH, A scarce copy of this Dictionary of Parisian slang by Alfred Delvau. In the original French. One of 600 examples on Dutch paper. Alfred Delvau was a French journalist and writer. He produced several history works and two dictionaries, of which this is one. He made most of his living in lexicographical work and was on the team of Maurice Lachatre's 'Universal Dictionary'. A fascinating and important work in the field of lexicography and the etymology of the French language. Re-bound in a quarter red crushed morocco leather binding with marbled paper covered boards. Externally, generally smart, lightly rubbed in places. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are generally bright and clean with some scattered light foxing. Very Good<

1866, ISBN: 0f557910a8d6c3eaea78d368db9801f7

Gebraucht, sehr guter Zustand, [PU: E. Dentu, Paris], SLANG DICTIONARY DICTIONNAIRE LANGUE VERTE ARGOT FRENCH, A scarce copy of this Dictionary of Parisian slang by Alfred Delvau. In the … More...

Gebraucht, sehr guter Zustand, [PU: E. Dentu, Paris], SLANG DICTIONARY DICTIONNAIRE LANGUE VERTE ARGOT FRENCH, A scarce copy of this Dictionary of Parisian slang by Alfred Delvau. In the original French. One of 600 examples on Dutch paper. Alfred Delvau was a French journalist and writer. He produced several history works and two dictionaries, of which this is one. He made most of his living in lexicographical work and was on the team of Maurice Lachatre's 'Universal Dictionary'. A fascinating and important work in the field of lexicography and the etymology of the French language. Re-bound in a quarter red crushed morocco leather binding with marbled paper covered boards. Externally, generally smart, lightly rubbed in places. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are generally bright and clean with some scattered light foxing. Very Good<

1866, ISBN: 0f557910a8d6c3eaea78d368db9801f7

Used, very good, [SC: 4.99], [PU: E. Dentu, Paris], SLANG DICTIONARY DICTIONNAIRE LANGUE VERTE ARGOT FRENCH, A scarce copy of this Dictionary of Parisian slang by Alfred Delvau. In the or… More...

Used, very good, [SC: 4.99], [PU: E. Dentu, Paris], SLANG DICTIONARY DICTIONNAIRE LANGUE VERTE ARGOT FRENCH, A scarce copy of this Dictionary of Parisian slang by Alfred Delvau. In the original French. One of 600 examples on Dutch paper. Alfred Delvau was a French journalist and writer. He produced several history works and two dictionaries, of which this is one. He made most of his living in lexicographical work and was on the team of Maurice Lachatre's 'Universal Dictionary'. A fascinating and important work in the field of lexicography and the etymology of the French language. Re-bound in a quarter red crushed morocco leather binding with marbled paper covered boards. Externally, generally smart, lightly rubbed in places. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are generally bright and clean with some scattered light foxing. Very Good<