Dictionarium Anglo-Britannicum [electronic resource] : or, a general English dictionary, comprehendi...
Dictionarium Anglo-Britannicum [electronic resource] : or, a general English dictionary, comprehending a brief, but emphatical and clear explication of all sorts of difficult words, that derive their Original from other Ancient and Modern Languages; as also, of all Terms relating to Arts and Sciences, both Liberal and Mechanical, viz. Divinity, Law, Philosophy, Physick, Surgery, Anatomy, Chymistry, Pharmacy, Botanicks, Mathematicks, Grammar, Rhetorick, Logick, Musick, Heraldry, Maritime Affairs, Military Discipline, Traffick, Husbandry, Gardening, Handicrafts, Confectionery, Cookery, Horsemanship, Hunting, Hawking, Fowling, Fishing, &c. To which is Added, A Large Collection of Words and Phrases, as well Latin as English, made use of in our Ancient Statutes; Old Records, Charters, Writs, and Processes at Law, never before publish'd in so Small a Volume: Besides an Interpretation of the proper Names of Men and Women, and several other Remarkable Particulars mentioned in the Preface. The Whole Work Compil'd, and Methodically Digested, for the Benefit of Young Students, Tradesmen, Artificers, Foreigners, and others, who are desirous thoroughly to understand what they Speak, Read, or Write. By John Kersey, Philobibl.
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London : printed for J. Phillips, at the King's-Arms, in St. Paul's Church-Yard, J. Taylor, at the Ship and Black-Swan, in Pater-Noster-Row, and administrat of H. Rhodes, MDCCXXI. [1721]
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MDCCXXI. [1721]
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[696]p. ; 8°.
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London : printed for J. Phillips, at the King's-Arms, in St. Paul's Church-Yard, J. Taylor, at the Ship and Black-Swan, in Pater-Noster-Row, and administrat of H. Rhodes, MDCCXXI. [1721]
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The third edition, corrected and enlarged.
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England
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MDCCXXI. [1721]
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Dictionarium Anglo-Britannicum [electronic resource] : or, a general English dictionary, comprehending a brief, but emphatical and clear explication of all sorts of difficult words, that derive their Original from other Ancient and Modern Languages; as also, of all Terms relating to Arts and Sciences, both Liberal and Mechanical, viz. Divinity, Law...
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"An unconfessed abridgement of Kersey's revision of Edward Phillip's dictionary" (Alston).
Reproduction of original from British Library.
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Alston, . 93.
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Also available in microfilm held offsite at RAV/FM4/51.
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Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Cengage Gale, 2009. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements.
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