Author: N. (Nathan) Bailey
Title: An universal etymological English dictionary
Publisher: London : Printed for T. Osborne [and 27 others]
Subject (keywords, tags): English language; Encyclopedias and dictionaries
Description:
Book, leather
Two columns to the page
First published in 1721
"Comprehending the derivations of the generality of words in the English tongue ... and also a brief and clear explication of all difficult words ... together with a large collection and explication of words and phrases used in our ancient statutes, charters, writs ... to which is added a collection of our most common proverbs with explication and illustration"--T.p
Holograph: Job Darlington, 1776
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