A large dictionary in three parts: I. The English before the Latin. II. The Latin before the English. III. The proper names of persons, places, and other things necessary to the understanding of historians and poets

Holyoke, Francis, & Thomas Holyoke

Published by printed by W. Rawlins, for G. Sawbridge [et al.], London, 1677

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First and only edition, folio, pp. [10], plus unpaginated lexicon in quadruple column, with separate titles to each of the three parts; full contemporary calf recently rebacked, corners renewed, maroon gilt morocco spine label, later endpapers; boards a bit scuffed, A4 torn affecting letterpress without loss of meaning, contemporary owner's doodles throughout; very good and sound. Late 18th- or early 19th-century heraldic bookplate of Robert Rushbrooke, Esq., on front pastedown. Francis Holyoke, the reviser of Rider's dictionary and the compiler of the Dictionarium etymologicum, died in 1653, and his lexicographical work was continued, after a lapse of some years, by his son, Thomas. Drawn heavily from Gouldman's Copious Dictionary of 1674, but unlike the earlier Holyoke dictionaries, Thomas Holyoke adds, for most words, phrases illustrating meaning and usage, many of which derive from Spelman's Glossarium. Because of the competition in the succeeding years from Littleton and Coles, a second edition was not called for. With the essential matter of his predecessors, and printed in folio, in larger and more legible type, this dictionary is, for consultation, preferable to the predecessors (See Starnes, Chapt. XIX). ESTC R21064; Wing H-2535; Graesse III, p. 325.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: A large dictionary in three parts: I. The English before the Latin. II. The Latin before the English. III. The proper names of persons, places, and other things necessary to the understanding of historians and poets
• Publisher: printed by W. Rawlins, for G. Sawbridge [et al.], London
• Publication Date: 1677
• Edition: First Edition.
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