Coles E Lisha (7 results)

[336]pp. Text printed in three columns. Contemporary blind-tooled sheep. Extremities heavily worn and marked, leather separating from boards, worming to foot of spine. Without FEP, inked numerals to verso of FFEP, damp-staining to leaf F2, worm-trail to upper corners of a majority of text-block, occasional spotting. Elisha Coles (c.1640-1680), lexicographer and stenographer. The present work, his first foray into lexicography, appeared in 1676, and is notable for being the first general dictionary to include both a wide range of dialect (extracted from John Ray's Collection of English Words not Generally used, 1674), and 'canting terms', or criminal slang or flash talk (from Richard Head's The Canting Academy, 1673). ESTC 145363. Size: 8vo. …

Tenth edition, sm. 8vo, unpaginated; some foxing, contemporary full calf, manuscript paper label on spine; spine a little flakey, otherwise a good, sound copy. Coles (?1640-1680) was the author of a number of "useful and necessary books for the instruction of beginners," among which were his popular A Dictionary English-Latin and Latin-English (London, 1677) which was still in use in schools even after the arrival of Ainsworth's Thesaurus in 1736; and An English Dictionary (London, 1676, et al.). "Still in the "hard words" tradition, Coles included thousands of "old words," obsolete from Chaucer's day. His dictionary contained twenty-five thousand words, eight thousand more than the last, augmented edition of Phillips. He shortened Phillips' already brief definitions in order to include more words and more etymological information. Coles did break new ground in including cant (thieves' argot) and dialectical terms. These, taken from other specialized dictionaries, had never before been included in a general English dictionary" (Landau, Dictionaries, p.43). Alston V, 72.…

Fifth edition, 8vo, 8 preliminary pp. plus unpaginated text in triple column; a nice enough copy in its original binding of full contemporary calf, blind-tooled borders. The first edition appeared in 1676 and nearly a dozen editions kept this book in print well into the 18th century. Wing C5075; Alston V, 68; Vancil, p. 55. …

Small 8vo, pp. [10], [338]; lexicon in triple column, full contemporary paneled calf with a scalloped border and a double-ruled border all around, red morocco label on spine; joints a little cracked, text block relatively clean. This copy without the preliminary advertisement leaf, but in our experience this is not in all copies. This is the penultimate edition of Coles, first published in 1676. Coles (?1640-1680) was the author of a number of "useful and necessary books for the instruction of beginners," among which were his popular English-Latin dictionary (London, 1677) which was still in use in schools even after the arrival of Ainsworth's Thesaurus in 1736. "Still in the "hard words" tradition, Coles included thousands of "old words," obsolete ones from Chaucer's day. His dictionary contained twenty-five thousand words, eight thousand more than the last, augmented edition of Phillips. He shortened Phillips' already brief definitions in order to include more words and more etymological information. Coles did break new ground in including cant (thieves' argot) and dialectical terms. These, taken from other specialized dictionaries, had never before been included in a general English dictionary" (Landau, Dictionaries, p. 43). Alston V, 73.…

Small 8vo, pp. [336]; A-2T?; lexicon in triple column, full contemporary paneled calf, neatly rebacked; text lightly toned, else generally a very good and sound copy. Coles (?1640-1680) was the author of a number of "useful and necessary books for the instruction of beginners," among which were his popular A Dictionary English-Latin and Latin-English (London 1677) which was still in use in schools even after the arrival of Ainsworth's Thesaurus in 1736; and An English Dictionary (London, 1676). "Still in the "hard words" tradition, Coles included thousands of "old words," obsolete ones from Chaucer's day. His dictionary contained twenty-five thousand words, eight thousand more than the last, augmented edition of Phillips. He shortened Phillips' already brief definitions in order to include more words and more etymological information. Coles did break new ground in including cant (thieves' argot) and dialectical terms. These, taken from other specialized dictionaries, had never before been included in a general English dictionary" (Landau, Dictionaries, p. 43). Alston V, 70; Kennedy 6202.…

Tenth edition, small 8vo, pp. [336]; some foxing, later half calf over marbled boards, red morocco label on spine; nice copy. Coles (?1640-1680) was the author of a number of "useful and necessary books for the instruction of beginners," among which were his popular A Dictionary English-Latin and Latin-English (London, 1677) which was still in use in schools even after the arrival of Ainsworth's Thesaurus in 1736; and An English Dictionary (London, 1676, et al.). "Still in the "hard words" tradition, Coles included thousands of "old words," obsolete from Chaucer's day. His dictionary contained twenty-five thousand words, eight thousand more than the last, augmented edition of Phillips. He shortened Phillips' already brief definitions in order to include more words and more etymological information. Coles did break new ground in including cant (thieves' argot) and dialectical terms. These, taken from other specialized dictionaries, had never before been included in a general English dictionary" (Landau, Dictionaries, p.43). Alston V, 72.…

Fifth edition, 8vo, pp. [308]; collating A-2P? 2Q ; lexicon in triple column; contemporary blind-ruled speckled calf neatly rebacked to match; some general rubbing and wear, but in all a good, sound copy. Early ownership signature of Geo. Raynard on front pastedown, and with his doodling and notes on rear endpapers dated 1711. Also with the early signatures of John Darrey and William Darrey of Hadstock. The first edition appeared in 1676 and nearly a dozen editions kept this book in print well into the 18th century. Alston V, 67; Vancil, p. 55; Wing C5075.…