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III. A Bibliography and Census of Dictionaries in American Libraries

  • De Witt T. Starnes , Gertrude E. Noyes and Gabriele Stein✝
© 1991 John Benjamins Publishing Company

© 1991 John Benjamins Publishing Company

Chapters in this book

  1. Prelim pages i
  2. Table of contents v
  3. Introductory Materials
  4. I. Introduction vii
  5. II. A Chronological List of the Dictionaries with their Editions and Locations xiii
  6. III. Select Bibliography ci
  7. The English Dictionary from Cawdrey to Johnson 1604-1755
  8. Foreword iii*
  9. Illustrations vii*
  10. I. The Medieval and Renaissance Heritage of the English Dictionary 1
  11. II. Robert Cawdrey's A Table Alphabeticall (1604) 13
  12. III. John Bullokar's An English Expositor (1616) 20
  13. IV. Henry Cockeram's The English Dictionarie (1623) 26
  14. V. Thomas Blount's Glossographia (1656) 37
  15. VI. Edward Phillips' The New World of English Words (1658) 48
  16. VII. Elisha Coles's An English Dictionary (1676) 58
  17. VIII. Gazophylacium Anglicanum (1689) 64
  18. IX. J.K.'s A New English Dictionary (1702) 69
  19. X. Cocker's English Dictionary (1704) 76
  20. XI. John Kersey's Revision of Edward Phillips' The New World of Words (1706) 84
  21. XII. Glossographia Anglicana Nova (1707) 90
  22. XIII. John Kersey's Dictionarium Anglo-Britannicum (1708) 95
  23. XIV. Nathan Bailey's An Universal Etymological English Dictionary (1721) 98
  24. XV. Nathan Bailey's The Universal Etymological English Dictionary, Volume II (1727) 108
  25. XVI. Nathan Bailey and Others, Dictionarium Britannicum (1730) 117
  26. XVII. Thomas Dyche and William Pardon's A New General English Dictionary (1735) 126
  27. XVIII. The Identical Dictionaries of 1735 (B.N. Defoe), 1737 (Anonymous), 1739 (J. Sparrow), and 1742 (James Manlove) 139
  28. XIX. Benjamin Martin's Lingua Britannica Reformata (1749) 146
  29. XX. A Pocket Dictionary (1753) 164
  30. XXI. [John Wesley's] The Complete English Dictionary (1753) 172
  31. XXII. The Scott-Bailey A New Universal Etymological English Dictionary (1755) and Retrospect 179
  32. Appendices
  33. I. Medieval and Renaissance Vocabularies and the English Dictionary 197
  34. II. The Development of Cant Lexicography in English, 1566-1785 212
  35. III. A Bibliography and Census of Dictionaries in American Libraries 228
  36. Notes 242
  37. Index 289
The English Dictionary from Cawdrey to Johnson 1604–1755
This chapter is in the book The English Dictionary from Cawdrey to Johnson 1604–1755
https://doi.org/10.1075/sihols.57.33iii

Chapters in this book

  1. Prelim pages i
  2. Table of contents v
  3. Introductory Materials
  4. I. Introduction vii
  5. II. A Chronological List of the Dictionaries with their Editions and Locations xiii
  6. III. Select Bibliography ci
  7. The English Dictionary from Cawdrey to Johnson 1604-1755
  8. Foreword iii*
  9. Illustrations vii*
  10. I. The Medieval and Renaissance Heritage of the English Dictionary 1
  11. II. Robert Cawdrey's A Table Alphabeticall (1604) 13
  12. III. John Bullokar's An English Expositor (1616) 20
  13. IV. Henry Cockeram's The English Dictionarie (1623) 26
  14. V. Thomas Blount's Glossographia (1656) 37
  15. VI. Edward Phillips' The New World of English Words (1658) 48
  16. VII. Elisha Coles's An English Dictionary (1676) 58
  17. VIII. Gazophylacium Anglicanum (1689) 64
  18. IX. J.K.'s A New English Dictionary (1702) 69
  19. X. Cocker's English Dictionary (1704) 76
  20. XI. John Kersey's Revision of Edward Phillips' The New World of Words (1706) 84
  21. XII. Glossographia Anglicana Nova (1707) 90
  22. XIII. John Kersey's Dictionarium Anglo-Britannicum (1708) 95
  23. XIV. Nathan Bailey's An Universal Etymological English Dictionary (1721) 98
  24. XV. Nathan Bailey's The Universal Etymological English Dictionary, Volume II (1727) 108
  25. XVI. Nathan Bailey and Others, Dictionarium Britannicum (1730) 117
  26. XVII. Thomas Dyche and William Pardon's A New General English Dictionary (1735) 126
  27. XVIII. The Identical Dictionaries of 1735 (B.N. Defoe), 1737 (Anonymous), 1739 (J. Sparrow), and 1742 (James Manlove) 139
  28. XIX. Benjamin Martin's Lingua Britannica Reformata (1749) 146
  29. XX. A Pocket Dictionary (1753) 164
  30. XXI. [John Wesley's] The Complete English Dictionary (1753) 172
  31. XXII. The Scott-Bailey A New Universal Etymological English Dictionary (1755) and Retrospect 179
  32. Appendices
  33. I. Medieval and Renaissance Vocabularies and the English Dictionary 197
  34. II. The Development of Cant Lexicography in English, 1566-1785 212
  35. III. A Bibliography and Census of Dictionaries in American Libraries 228
  36. Notes 242
  37. Index 289
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