Early Modern English Lexicography: Volume 1: A Survey of Monolingual Printed Glossaries and Dictionaries 1475-1640

by Jürgen Schäfer and Michael Friedrichs

This two-volume study presents for the first time a census of printed monolingual glossaries and dictionaries published from 1475-1640, as well as a systematic bibliographical description of these works. The volumes are designed as a specialized preliminary examination of the growth and development of English lexicography in the Early Modern English period. Sch fer includes lemmatical material listed alphabetically and documented according to the...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0198128479
• ISBN13: 9780198128472
• Release Date: February 1990
• Publisher: Clarendon Press
• Length: 504 Pages
• Weight: 2.03 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 6.3" x 9.5"