A large dictionary in three parts
I. The English before the Latin, containing above ten thousand words more than any dictionary yet extant, II. The Latin before the English, with correct and plentiful etymological derivations, philological observations, and phraseological explications ..., III. The proper names of persons, places and other things necessary to the understanding of historians ans poets : in the whole comprehending whatsoever is material in any author upon this subject : together with very considerable and ample additions, carried on by a diligent search into the perusal of very many authors both ancient and modern : whereby this work is rendred the most complete and useful of any that was ever yet extant in this kind
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Author
Contributions
- Holyoake, Charles. - Contributor
- Holyoake, Francis, 1567-1653. - Contributor
- Holyoake, Thomas, 1616?-1675. - Contributor
Publication
Printed by W. Rawlins for G. Sawbridge, W. Place, T. Basset, T. Dring, J. Leigh, and J. Place, London, England
Language
English
Word Count
243,000 words, Guess
Page Count
972 pages
Physical Format
Microform
Identifiers
- OCLC Control Number12295513
- Open LibraryOL16763314M
Alternate Titles
- Lexicon philologicum et dictionarium etymologicum
- Dictionarium historico-geographico-poeticum
Subjects
Genres
- Dictionaries
- Early works to 1700
Series Statement
- Early English books, 1641-1700 -- 635:2.
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- A large dictionary in three parts
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