First Dictionary (18 results)

Paperback. Condition: Very Good.

Paperback. Condition: Good.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

Condition: Very Good. 10 pages. An authentic standalone article, extracted from a larger volume. Not a reprint or reproduction, but an original work in its own right. Preserved in a modern card cover, prepared for practicality - an unassuming but serviceable presentation that favours function over finery. Size: 13 x 17 cms. Category: Lancashire and Cheshire Antiquarian Society; Cosmo Books : 29 years on ABE, 47 years taking care of customers. A bookseller you can rely on. Softcover (Booklet - Unbound Pages).…

Paperback. Condition: Fine.

Paperback. Condition: Used: Good. Libro usato proveniente da collezione privata. La copertina riporta usuali segni del tempo. Le pagine possono risultare imbrunite. No segni e sottolineature del testo. Per ogni problema, domanda o necessità non esitate a contattarci troverete personale disponibile a risolvere ogni vostra richiesta! Consegna 24/48 ore 2i sopra.…

4 volumes, including two of the DICTIONARY as originally issued, another being the facsimile of the first edition of THE PLAN OF THE DICTIONARY. and a volume containing essays concerning The Genesis of the Johnson's Dictionary and The Lexicographic Achievement of Johnson. First Edition of the Facsimile of the Original First Edition of each title. Title-pages printed in red and black, woodcut tailpieces. Royal folio (410 x 260 mm.), expertly bound to style in full red Cabra leather, the spines with raised bands gilt ruled creating compartments which are paneled in gilt, one compartment with green lettering label gilt, three other compartments with gilt lettering, the covers with gilt fillet rules at the borders, original end-leaves, the Essays and PLAN in original wrappers, the volumes all housed in the original slipcase. Original Collation: Vol. I [A]2, B-K2, a-c2, d1,2B-2K, 2L-13A2, one leaf signed 13B-14Z; Vol. II [-]1, 15A-16Z2, one leaf signed 17A-17Z, 18A-22E2, one leaf signed 22F-22Z, 23A-27D2, one leaf signed 27E-28Z, 29A-31C2 . A very handsome copy beautifully preserved. The bindings are in excellent condition. The text-blocks both clean and unpressed. This is a fine, handsome and clean set of the volumes. Both the PLAN and the Essays volumes also in fine condition as well THE FINE LONGMAN FACSIMILE OF THE HIGHLY IMPORTANT FIRST EDITION OF SAMUEL JOHNSON'S MASTERWORK AND THIS A HANDSOME AND CLEAN AND LARGE COPY. "The most amazing, enduring and endearing one-man feat in the field of lexicography (PMM). Begun in 1747 and printed over five years, Johnson's DICTIONARY set the standard for all subsequent lexicographical work. Its excellence was immediately recognized in all quarters and the first edition of two thousand copies sold quickly. What set Johnson's DICTIONARY apart from earlier efforts was his reliance on the examples of English literature rather than his own intuition or previous word lists or dictionaries, a method that has been the standard ever since, from Richardson and Webster to the Oxford English Dictionary. Johnson, in undertaking this vast work, set out to perform single-handed for the English language what the French Academy, a century before, had attempted for French. He hope to produce "a dictionary by which the pronunciation of our language may be fixed, and its attainment facilitated;" and though, of course, no language can be frozen in time, by aiming at fixing the language he succeeded in giving the standard of reputable use. As Noah Webster stated, his work "had, in philology, the effect which Newton's discoveries had in mathematics." Johnson presumed to finish the work for the Dictionary in three years by his own labor, but he underestimated the work required and it eventually took nine years to complete (though not all of his time was spent upon the Dictionary, as he was also the editor of The Rambler at this time) and required the assistance of six amanuenses--five of whom, to Boswell's satisfaction, were Scotsmen. "Johnson's achievement marked an epoch in the history of the language. The result of nine years labor, it did more than any other work before or since towards fixing the language. The preface ranks among Johnson's finest writings. The most amazing, enduring, and endearing one-man feat in the field of lexicography" (Printing and the Mind of Man). "The most important British cultural monument of the eighteenth century" (Hitchings); "the only dictionary [of the English language] compiled by a writer of the first rank " (Robert Burchfield) and first genuinely descriptive dictionary in any language. "Johnson's writings had, in philology, the effect which Newton's discoveries had in mathematics" (Webster). "It is the fate of those that toil at the lower employments of life, to be rather driven by the fear of evil, than attracted by the prospect of good; to be . punished for neglect, where success would have been without applause, and diligence without reward. Among these unhappy mortals is the writer of dictionaries . Every other author may aspire to praise; the lexicographer can only hope to escape reproach" (Johnson, preface to the present work). Samuel Johnson's monumental work, which drew on all the best ideas and aspects of earlier dictionaries, was published on April 15, 1755 in an edition of 2000 copies. The price was a high one £4 10s, or £3 10s to the trade. The group of publishers whose names appear in the imprint were joint proprietors, having paid Johnson £1575 in installments for copy which took him eight years to complete, although in the final months publication was held back for the granting of his Oxford M.A. (Feb. 20, 1755). Some of Johnson's advance was used to rent the well-known house in 17 Gough Square, where the garret became his "dictionary work-shop." He called on the assistance of six amanuenses, five of whom, Boswell proudly records, were Scotsmen, and who were almost derelict when he hired them. "With no real library at hand, Johnson wrote the definitions of over 40,000 words.illustrating the senses in which these words could be used by including about 114,000 quotations drawn from English writing in every field of learning during the two centuries from the middle of the Elizabethan period down to his own time" (W. Jackson Bate, Samuel Johnson (New York, 1977), p.247. "It is the dictionary itself which justifies Noah Webster's statement that Johnson's writings had, in philology, the effect which Newton's discoveries had in mathematics. Johnson introduced into English lexicography principles which had already been accepted in Europe but were quite novel in mid-eighteenth-century England. He codified the spelling of English words; he gave full and lucid definitions of their meanings (often entertainingly colored by his High Church and Tory propensities); and he adduced extensive and apt illustrations from a wide range of authoritative writers.but despite the progress made during the past two centuries in historical and com.…

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Sousa, João de. Vestigios da lingoa Arabica em Portugal, ou Lexicon Etymologico das palavras, e nomes portuguezes, que tem origem Arabica Lisbon, Royal Academy of Sciences, 1789. Small 4to. Xx + 160p. Portuguese text interspersed with Arabic letters. Title with ornamental vignette incorporating Portuguese arms. Original marbled pictorial wrappers preserved in quarter morocco slip box. £2750 First edition of the first etymological dictionary to record Portuguese words of Arabic origin. The entries are arranged alphabetically in Portuguese, followed by the equivalent Arabic word or source; a transliteration, and an explanation. João de Sousa was born in Damascus, Syria, and became the first professor of Arabic at Lisbon University. He was a frequently published member of the Royal Academy of Sciences who commissioned this publication. The next work on the subject, by Francisco de S.Luiz, did not appear until 1837. An attractive copy in its original coloured stencilled binding with a contemporary ownership signature on the title deleted in ink. Innocencio IV, 41-42 & 437 (unseen, without collation); Palau 320777; Palha 673.…

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Sousa, Joâo de. Vestigios da Lingoa Arabica em Portugal, ou Lexicon Etymologico das Palavras, e Nomes Portuguezes, que tem Origem Arabica, composto por ordem da Academia Real das Sciencias de Lisboa . augmentado e annotado por Fr. Joze de Santo Antonio Moura . Interprete Regio da referida Lingua. Lisbon, Royal Academy of Sciences,1830. 4to. (2) leaves + xvi + 204 leaves. Engraved vignette with royal arms on title. Wrappers, untrimmed, as from the press. The first etymological dictionary to record Portuguese words derived from Arabic itself, or through Arabic from the Hebrew, Greek, Persian or Turkish. This second edition is preferred for the excellent additions and annotations by the Franciscan, José de Santa Antonio Moura who succeeded Father Sousa as professor of Arabic at Lisbon University. There is a short list of English words derived from Persian with Portuguese equivalents showing common Indo-Aryan roots, rather than the Semitic, from Arabic. Sousa s aim was to clarify the roots of Portuguese literature. The many Arabic loan words include names of flowers, vegetables, spices, nuts, trees, pharmaceutical plants, towns and villages; among these are jasmin, senna, alcamim (cumin), elixir, azulejo, and Madrid, denoting a place with running water. The work was first published by the Royal Academy of Sciences in 1789. Azevedo-Samodaes 3243. Innocencio 323 (states that it is preferable in every way to the first edition). Palau 320778.…

LeatherBound. Condition: New. BOOKS ARE EXEMPT FROM IMPORT DUTIES AND TARIFFS; NO EXTRA CHARGES APPLY. LeatherBound edition. Condition: New. Reprinted from 1884 edition. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd reprint. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. Pages: 56 As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Pages: 56 Language: English.…

2pp., 16mo. Bifolium. In good condition, lightly aged. The year has been added in another hand in pencil. Reads: 'Most grateful to you dear Mrs Bartholomew for all your kind care & thought. I have yet to go finally through the sheets and correct all it [sic] stopping &c. so that your corrections will be of great use I am just off to America for a good long holiday. | Good bye | Yours very truly | & obliged | G. Grove'.…

For information regarding Sir Leslie Stephen, consult Encyclopaedia Britannica. 1p, 12mo. In fair condition, though somewhat aged and worn, with strip of brown paper stub adhering to one edge. Folded for postage. Reads: 'Madam, / I am obliged by your offer of an article, but, though I agree with you that it has some merit, I regret that my engagements make it quite impossible for me to accept it. / Your truly / The Editor of the Cornhill' ('Cornhill' little more than a series of scratches). See Image.…

First edition in contemporary calf, raised bands to the spine. 8vo. 7½'' x 5''. Contains [xvi] 118, [ii] 117 [xvi] printed pages of text, engraved portrait frontispiece. Includes a Catalogue of the Lord-Wardens of the Cinque Ports. Somner's earliest work was The Antiquities of Canterbury; or a Survey of that ancient Citie, with the Suburbs and Cathedral, London, 1640, dedicated to Archbishop Laud (reissued 1662; 2nd edit, by Nicholas Batteley, London, 1703). At the suggestion of Meric Casaubon he acquired a knowledge of Anglo-Saxon, and then wrote Observations on the Laws of King Henry I, published by Roger Twysden in 1644, with a new glossary. He made collections for a history of Kent, but abandoned this undertaking; this book being a portion of the work published at Oxford in 1693 by the Rev. James Brome, with notes by Edmund Gibson, and a life of the author by White Kennett. Joints cracked, rubbing to the covers, lengthy text to the front free flypaper, paper clean and fresh with only minimal age toning to the paper edges. Member of the P.B.F.A. KENT [Antiquarian].…

Sixth edition (title page verso), 8vo, pp. viii, 263, [1]; text in Chinese, Spanish and English; frontispiece portrait (not present in the edition of 1916); a second portrait pasted in on the verso of the first leaf, which is loose, but present, and obscuring what appears to be an index; title page with pressure stamp of the 'Hong Kong General Agency,' 'Alfabeto mayusculo de imprenta' pasted to front pastedown, 'Cilabas de dos letras' pasted to rear pastedown; contemporary black moiré cloth backed in green cloth, gilt-stamped spine; spine faded and darkened, edges rubbed and worn, and the text toned, but still a good, sound copy. A tri-lingual dictionary and phrase book and a section on letter-writing at the back, with two sample letters in all three languages dated Panama 1922 and Mexico City, 1916, evidence for this edition being after one likely unrecorded in 1922 or 1923. Apparently rare. The only other edition listed in OCLC is that of 1916 - of this earlier edition I find 2 in OCLC: Hong Kong and Georgetown; of the 1928, only 2 in OCLC, at the BL and one in Sweden.…

First Edition. First edition, 8vo, pp. viii, 264; text in Chinese, Spanish and English; mid-20th century black cloth, gilt lettering on spine; light toning, else a very good, sound copy. "Relations between the then Empire of China and the Republic of Costa Rica began in 1911 with the arrival of the Chinese diplomat Tam Pui-Shum on Costa Rican coasts where he was received by the president of the country, government authorities and representatives of the Chinese colony. Tam was the author of a Chinese-Spanish dictionary and a translation of Don Quixote into Chinese . introducing Spanish literature to the Chinese-speaking world . He had been China's representative to Spain and Mexico and was introduced as Special Commissioner of the Chinese Empire for Central America" (es.Wikipedia). A tri-lingual dictionary and phrase book and a section on letter-writing at the back with two sample letters in all three languages dated Panama and Mexico City, 1916, evidence for this edition being first. Apparently rare. The only other edition listed in OCLC is that of 1928 - of which only the BL and one in Sweden is noted. Of this earlier edition, the earliest noted, HongKong and Georgetown only in OCLC.…

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Leather Bound. Condition: New. Language: English. {Size: 19.68 x 24.13 cms} Presenting an Exquisite Leather-Bound Edition, expertly crafted with Original Natural Leather that gracefully adorns the spine and corners. The allure continues with Golden Leaf Printing that adds a touch of elegance, while Hand Embossing on the rounded spine lends an artistic flair. This masterpiece has been meticulously reprinted in 2019, utilizing the invaluable guidance of the original edition published many years ago in 1884. The contents of this book are presented in classic black and white. Its durability is ensured through a meticulous sewing binding technique, enhancing its longevity. Imprinted on top-tier quality paper. A team of professionals has expertly processed each page, delicately preserving its content without alteration. Due to the vintage nature of these books, every page has been manually restored for legibility. However, in certain instances, occasional blurriness, missing segments, or faint black spots might persist. We sincerely hope for your understanding of the challenges we faced with these books. Recognizing their significance for readers seeking insight into our historical treasure, we've diligently restored and reissued them. Our intention is to offer this valuable resource once again. We eagerly await your feedback, hoping that you'll find it appealing and will generously share your thoughts and recommendations. Lang: - English, Pages:- 54, Print on Demand. If it is a multi-volume set, then it is only a single volume. We are specialised in Customisation of books, if you wish to opt different color leather binding, you may contact us. This service is chargeable. Product Disclaimer: Kindly be informed that, owing to the inherent nature of leather as a natural material, minor discolorations or textural variations may be perceptible. Explore the FOLIO EDITION (12x19 Inches): Available Upon Request. 54.…

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