Dictionarium Britannicum: or a more compleat universal etymological English dictionary than any extant. Containing not only the words and their explication; but their etymologies from the antient British, Teutonick, Dutch Low and High, Old Saxon, German, ... French, Italian, Spanish, Latin, Greek, Hebrew, &c. each in its proper character. Also explaining hard and technical words, or terms of art, in all the arts, sciences, and mysteries following. Together with accents directing to their proper pronuntiation, shewing both the orthography, and orthoepia of the English tongue, viz. in agriculture, algebra, anatomy, architecture, ... hawking, heraldry, horsemanship, hunting, husbandry, hydraulicks, ... surveying, theology, and trigonometry. Illustrated with near five hundred cuts, for giving a clear idea of those figures, not so well apprehended by verbal description. Likewise a collection and explanation of English proverbs; also of words and phrases us'd in our ancient charters, ... and proc

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  • Dictionarium Britannicum: or a more compleat universal etymological English dictionary than any extant. Containing not only the words and their explication; but their etymologies from the antient British, Teutonick, Dutch Low and High, Old Saxon, German, ... French, Italian, Spanish, Latin, Greek, Hebrew, &c. each in its proper character. Also explaining hard and technical words, or terms of art, in all the arts, sciences, and mysteries following. Together with accents directing to their proper pronuntiation, shewing both the orthography, and orthoepia of the English tongue, viz. in agriculture, algebra, anatomy, architecture, ... hawking, heraldry, horsemanship, hunting, husbandry, hydraulicks, ... surveying, theology, and trigonometry. Illustrated with near five hundred cuts, for giving a clear idea of those figures, not so well apprehended by verbal description. Likewise a collection and explanation of English proverbs; also of words and phrases us'd in our ancient charters, ... and proc
  • Universal etymological English dictionary
People / Organizations
Imprint
London : printed for T. Cox, at the Lamb under the Royal-Exchange, M,DCC,XXXVI. [1736]
Added name
Gordon, George, active 1719-1726.; Miller, Philip, 1691-1771.; Lediard, Thomas, 1685-1743.; Cox, Thomas, -1754, bookseller.
Publication year
1736
ESTC No.
T87976
Grub Street ID
307981
Description
[920]p.,[1] leaf of plates : ill. ; 2°.
Note
Titlepage in red and black

"Philologos" in title after author's name is printed in Greek characters

The words "agriculture, algebra ... theology, and trigonometry" in title are printed in two columns divided by a double rule

Another issue of the second edition has: 'Containing .. words .. from the antient British, Teutonick, Dutch, Old, Low and High German, Saxon, ..'; and records the names of the assistants in the order: Lediard, Miller, Gordon

Part (five unidentified sheets) printed by Charles Ackers; his ledger records 2000 copies printed

Variant: There is no rule above the date in the imprint

Signatures: [pi]1 a]2] [chi]1 B-5F]2] ]24L-4Z2 ]26A-9E2 ]37Q-9N2. After the first alphabet, the letters are signed with prefixed numbers (2A, 2B, etc.) rather than repeated letters. In 2A-2H and 2M, $1 is mis-signed with the letter followed by the number (A2, B2, etc.).
Uncontrolled note
Signatures: [pi]1 a3 B-T2 V2 X-5F2 24L-24Z2 6A-9E2 27Q-29N2. - O [smk: Douce B subt.81] and C [Leigh.a.12.15] report [920]p. and a plate, ABu and BMu report [920]p. CRAj report [922]p. without the plate