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, Los and High Dutch, Saxon, Danish, Norman and modern French, Italian, Spanish, Latin, Greek, Hebrew, Chaldee, &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, ... and trigonometry. Illustrated with near five hundred cuts, for giving a clearer idea of those figures, not so well apprehended by verbal description. Likewise a collection and explanation of words and phrases us'd in our antient charters, statutes, writs, old records and processes at law. Also the theogony, theology, and mythology of the Egyptians, Greeks, Romans, &c. Being an

People / Organizations

• Nathan Bailey (Author)

Imprint

London : printed for T. Cox at the Lamb under the Royal-Exchange, M,DCC,XXX. [1730]

Added name

Gordon, George, active 1719-1726; Miller, Philip, 1691-1771.

Publication year

1730

ESTC No.

T87977

Grub Street ID

307982

Description

[818]p.,plate : ill. ; 2°.

Note

Titlepage in red and black; last word of title in Greek characters

With a final errata leaf

Part (at least [A]]2) printed by Charles Ackers.

Uncontrolled note

Signatures:[A]2 B-3H2 23H2-4O2 24E-4Q2 [chi]2 4R-6E2 26A-8Q2 8R-8U1 8X- 9A2 9B1 A2-E2