
Description
A Dictionarie of the French and English Tongues... ,
2 parts in 1 volume
London: Adam Islip, 1632
titles within elaborate ornamental woodcut border,
unpaginated,
double column,
folding table present (closed tears to inner margins),
some browning and damp staining (mostly from rear of the first part to the end),
leaf 3I6 torn with loss to lower margin not affecting text,
leaves 4N3/4 ('Briefe Directions to learne the French Tongue') slightly sprung and trimmed at fore-edges,
errata leaf at rear, e
dges stained red,
original calf, modern antique-style calf reback with leather spine label,
Small folio: 7 3/4 by 11 1/4" (280 x 180 mm)
STC 5831.
Text in English and French
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Randle Cotgrave was an English lexicographer.
In 1611 he compiled and published A Dictionarie of the French and English Tongues, a bilingual dictionary that represented a breakthrough at the time and remains historically important.
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1632 DICTIONARIE of FRENCH & ENGLISH TONGUES by Randle Cotgrave antique ENGLISH
Estimate $1,000-$1,200
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