The English dictionary: or, An interpreter of hard English words. : Enabling as well ladies and gentlewomen, young scholars, clerks, merchants; also strangers of any nation, to the understanding of the more difficult authors already printed in our language, and the more speedy attaining of an elegant perfection of the English tongue, both in reading, speaking and writing.
| Author/creator | Cockeram, Henry |
| Format | Electronic |
| Edition | The ninth ed., rev. and enlarged. By H.C. gent. |
| Publication Info | London, Printed by A. Miller, and are to be sold by Andrew Crooke, at the Green-Dragon in St Pauls Church-yard, 1650. |
| Description | [335] p. |
| Supplemental Content | https://search.proquest.com/docview/2240901192 |
| Subjects |
| Portion of title | Interpreter of hard English words |
| Series | Early English books online. ^A888680 |
| General note | Dedication signed: Henry Cockeram. |
| General note | First edition published in 1623. Part 2 may be called a dictionary for translating plain English into fine English (cf. Dict. nat. biog.) The third part, "treating of gods and goddesses, men and women, boyes and maids, giants and devils, birds and beasts, ..." |
| General note | Imperfect: tightly bound with some loss of text. |
| General note | Reproduction of the original in the British Library. |
| References | Wing (2nd ed.) C4866 |
| Reproduction note | Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Mich. : UMI, 1999- (Early English books online) Digital version of: (Early English Books, 1641-1700 ; 2719:6) |
| Stock number | CL0037000117 ProQuest Information and Learning. 300 N. Zeeb Rd., Ann Arbor, MI 48106 |
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| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |