A New General English Dictionary; peculiarly calculated for the use and improvement of such as are unacquainted with the learned languages. Originally begun by the late Thomas Dyche, School-Master at Stratford-le-Bow. and now finish'd by William Pardon, gent. The fifth edition.

DYCHE, Thomas & PARDON, William.

Verlag: Printed for Richard Ware, at the Bible & Sun. 1748, 1748

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[912]pp. 8vo. M7 & Hhh4 partially defective with small tears causing small loss of text, A1 & A2 strengthened at inner margin, some light waterstaining to lower inner margins. Rebound in a contemp. style, full speckled calf, raised bands; e.ps replaced. Alston V148; ESTC T148819, no copies in UK; eight copies in North America and two others. Thomas Dyche was an English schoolmaster from Derbyshire. First published in 1735 (his dates are unknown but it is thought he died between 1733 and 1735) his New General English Dictionary was in print until the end of the eighteenth century. O'Neil notes that although their dictionary 'offered little new', Dyche and Pardon were 'successful largely because they addressed themselves to the neglected audience of the less educated'. Priced at six shillings, it certainly was not cheap. From the third edition onwards, it incorporated the names and descriptions of hundreds of English and Welsh towns, with their market-days, government, manufactures, and distances from London. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 79935

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Titel: A New General English Dictionary; peculiarly...

Verlag: Printed for Richard Ware, at the Bible & Sun. 1748

Erscheinungsdatum: 1748