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Item Details

Description

Heading: (Dictionaries)
Author:
Title: Fourteen Dictionaries, Encyclopedias & similar references, most partial sets, in nineteen volumes
Place Published: Various places
Publisher:
Date Published: Various dates
Description:

Includes:

Richelet, P. Second Partie du Dictionnaire Francois, Tire de l'usage et des meilleur auteurs de la langue. Geneva: 1679.

Bayle, Pierre. Dictionaire Historique et Critique. 2 volumes, Vol. I, Part 1 & Vol. II, Part 2 only. Rotterdam: 1698.

Vocabolario degli Accademici della Crusca. Vols. 1-4 (of 6) only. Firenze [Florence]: 1729-1735.

Septem :Lijguarum Calepinus, hoc est Lexicon Latinum.... Vol. II only. (Covers detached, the covering over the boards as well as spine strip perished.) Patavii [Batavia]: 1746.

A Dictionary of the Holy Bible. Vols. II & III (of 3) only. London: 1759.

Dictionnaire de Chymie... Vol. I only. Paris: 1766.

Dizionario Mitologico, Ovvero Della Favola Poetico Storico... Vol. I only. Napoli [Naples[: 1785.

Geiriadur Ysgrythyrol; yn Cynnsys Arwyddocad Geiriau Anghyfiaith... Llypr I. Utica: 1844.

Septem linguarum Calepinus, hoc est, Lexicon latinum variarum linguarum interpretatione adjecta: in usum Seminarii Patavini. Vol. 1 only. Joannem Manfre?, 1741.

Dictionaire historique et critique: Tome second, premiere partie: H-O. One volume only. Chez Reinier Leers, 1697.

Boyer, A.The Royal dictionary, French and English, and English and French. A New Edition. Vol. 2 only. C. Bathurst, et. al., 1773.

Dictionnaire Franc?ois, Latin et Italien. Vol. 2 only. Benoit Duplain, 1770.

Chambaud, Lewis and J.B. Robinet. A New Dictionary: English and French: And French and English. Containing the Signification of Words... Vol. II only. Arkstee et Merkus and H.Beman, 1776.

Giron, da Mose. Il Grande Dittionario Hollandese et Italiano, come pure Hallandese et Italiano. Complete in 1 volume. Pieter Mortier, 1710.

Together, 14 partial works (all but the last) in 19 volumes. Octavo, quarto or folio, leather or vellum bindings.

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