The vocabulary of East Anglia; an attempt to record the vulgar tongue of the twin sister counties, Norfolk and Suffolk, as it existed in the last twenty years of the eighteenth century, and still exists; with proof of its antiquity from etymology and authority

Forby, Robert, Rev

Published by printed by and for J. B. Nichols and Son, London, 1830

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First edition, 12mo, 2 vols., pp. xlviii, 125; [1], 126-435: engraved portrait of the author; a nice copy in later full brown cloth, gilt-paneled spine laid out in 5 compartments, gilt-lettered direct in 2. Published posthumously, the work contains a preface by George Turner, a memoir of the author, a 3-page list of subscribers, and a series of three introductory essays by Forby, including those on the progress of popular language, and East Anglican pronunciation and grammar. A supplementary volume edited by the Rev. W. T. Spurdens was issued in 1858. Vancil, p. 92.

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• Title: The vocabulary of East Anglia; an attempt to record the vulgar tongue of the twin sister counties, Norfolk and Suffolk, as it existed in the last twenty years of the eighteenth century, and still exists; with proof of its antiquity from etymology and authority
• Publisher: printed by and for J. B. Nichols and Son, London
• Publication Date: 1830
• Edition: 1st Edition
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