A new classical dictionary for the use of schools, containing under its different heads, every thing illustrative and explanatory of the mythology, history, geography, manners, customs, &c. occurring in the Greek and Roman authors, generally read in all public seminaries, and intended as a medium between the scanty and defective description of proper names subjoined to Latin dictionaries, and a more voluminous work of the same kind

Browne, Thomas

Published by printed for G. G. and J. Robinson, Paternoster-Row; and E. Newbery, Corner of St. Paul’s, London, 1797

About this Item

First edition, 16mo, pp. vii, [1], [456]; lexicon in double column; text in double column; contemporary full tree calf, neatly recased and rebacked, brown morocco label on gilt-paneled spine. Quite uncommon. ESTC locates copies at the BL, Glasgow, Oxford, and in the US, Univ. of Tulsa. OCLC adds Harvard, Princeton, UCLA, and Wales. Alston XVIII, 1606; Roscoe J-44A; not in Vancil.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: A new classical dictionary for the use of schools, containing under its different heads, every thing illustrative and explanatory of the mythology, history, geography, manners, customs, &c. occurring in the Greek and Roman authors, generally read in all public seminaries, and intended as a medium between the scanty and defective description of proper names subjoined to Latin dictionaries, and a more voluminous work of the same kind
• Publisher: printed for G. G. and J. Robinson, Paternoster-Row; and E. Newbery, Corner of St. Paul s, London
• Publication Date: 1797
• Edition: 1st Edition
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