N.h., the ladies dictionary (1694)
Auteur :
Considine, John / Brown, Sylvia
Éditeur :
Taylor & Francis Ltd
ISBN :
9781032917443
Date de publication :
14 oct. 2024
Dimensions :
21,6 x 13,8 cm
Poids :
960 g
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Grande Bretagne
The ladies dictionary, being a general entertainment for the fair-sex was published in 1694 and offers around 1950 lexical and encyclopaedic entries, the great majority excerpted either verbatim or with some degree of abridgement or adaptation from other published books. It was the first substantial reference book to be published in England with wo