Riders dictionarie, corrected and augmented with the addition of many hundred words both out of the law, and out of the Latine, French, and other languages, such as were and are with us in common use, but never printed till now, to the perfecting of the worke. The barbarous words which were many hundreds are expunged, to the helpe of young scholars, which before they used in stead of good words. In the end of the dictionarie you shall finde certaine generall heads of birds, colours, dogs, fishes, hawkes, hearbs, numbers, stones, trees, weights. Lastly, the names of the chiefe places and townes in England, Scotland, and Ireland, &c. which were never in Riders before. Also hereunto is annexed certaine tables of weights and measures, the valuation of auncient and moderne coines; as also a table of the Hebrew, Greek, and Latine measures, reduced to our English standard and assise: and the weights used in physick, none of which were ever in Riders worke. Whereunto is joyned a dictionarie et

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• Riders dictionarie, corrected and augmented with the addition of many hundred words both out of the law, and out of the Latine, French, and other languages, such as were and are with us in common use, but never printed till now, to the perfecting of the worke. The barbarous words which were many hundreds are expunged, to the helpe of young scholars, which before they used in stead of good words. In the end of the dictionarie you shall finde certaine generall heads of birds, colours, dogs, fishes, hawkes, hearbs, numbers, stones, trees, weights. Lastly, the names of the chiefe places and townes in England, Scotland, and Ireland, &c. which were never in Riders before. Also hereunto is annexed certaine tables of weights and measures, the valuation of auncient and moderne coines; as also a table of the Hebrew, Greek, and Latine measures, reduced to our English standard and assise: and the weights used in physick, none of which were ever in Riders worke. Whereunto is joyned a dictionarie et
• Bibliotheca scholastica
• Dictionarium etymologicum Latinum

People / Organizations

• John Rider (Author)

Imprint

London: imprinted by Felix Kingston, 1649.

Publication year

1649-1649

ESTC No.

R24076

Grub Street ID

107906

Description

[1604] p. ; 4⁰

Note

Rider's part was first published in 1589 under title "Bibliotheca scholastica, a double dictionarie". Holyoake's revision was first published in 1606.

One of at least 3 imprint variants of this edition.

"Dictionarium etymologicum Latinum" has separate dated title page, pagination, and register.

The "n" in "and" of "English standard and assise" on the title page is printed upside down.