Dictionaries
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1784 2 vols L'Agronome, ou Dictionnaire Portatif du CultivateurRouen: 1784Two volumes of this French agricultural and farming dictionary.
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1867-1873 10 Vols Dictionnaire raisonné de l'architecture française du XIè au XVIè siècleParis : 1867-1873A lovely set of this scarce dictionary compiled by French restoration architect Eugène Emmanuel Viollet-le-Duc.
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1729 Le Dictionnaire Royal, Francois-Anglois et Anglois-FrancoisLondres; London: 1729A vert smart early eighteenth century edition of Abel Boyer's English-French and French-English dictionaries, bound together.
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1701 The Law-French Dictionary Dictionary Alphabetically DigestedLondon: 1701The very scarce first edition of F.O's important law-French and law-Latin dictionary, billed as the first work of its kind.
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1815 Antiquae Linguae Britannicae ThesaurusDolgelley: 1815The third edition of this Welsh-English dictionary by the Rev Thomas Richards of Coychurch.
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1877 A Dictionary in Englyshe and Welshe[London]: [1877]Facsimile printing of William Salesbury's dictionary of English and Welsh from the original 1547 edition.
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1753 Antiquae Linguae Britannicae ThesaurusBristol: 1753The first edition of this scarce English-Welsh thesaurus, described as 'containing some thousands of British words more than any Welsh dictionary hitherto published'.
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1757 An Universal Etymological English DictionaryLondon: 1757An early edition of Bailey's dictionary from the eighteenth century rebound in leather.
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1864 The Slang DictionaryLondon: 1864New edition of this late 19th century dictionary of English slang.
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1884 Chambers's EncyclopaediaLondon: 1884The complete encyclopaedic work of Robert and William Chambers in ten uniform volumes, illustrated with maps and wood engravings.
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1906 Arrowsmith's Dictionary of BristolBristol: 1906A second edition copy of this illustrated dictionary of Bristol.
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1884 Arrowsmith's Dictionary of BristolBristol: 1884A scarce first edition copy of this dictionary of Bristol, with a folding map.
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1926 Webster's New International Dictionary of the English LanguageLondon : 1926An eighth edition copy of this extensive dictionary with many illustrations.
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1924 A Dictionary of Archaic and Provincial WordsLondon: 1924A scarce seventh edition of this dictionary of obsolete phrases, proverbs, and customs.
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1896 A Dictionary of BirdsLondon: 1896A first edition of this nineteenth century dictionary of birds compiled by ornithologist Alfred Newton.
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1964 The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Current EnglishOxford: 1964The fifth edition of the concise dictionary of English words, based on the Oxford English Dictionary.
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1781 A New General English DictionaryLondon; Gainsborough: 1781An eighteenth century dictionary, with a supplement of significant proper nouns to the rear.
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1870 A Biographical Dictionary of the Judges of England from the Conquest to the Present time 1066-1870London: 1870A very smart biographical sketch of historical English judges by Edward Foss.
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1947 Medieval Latin Word-List, from British and Irish SourcesLondon: 1947A comprehensive dictionary of Medieval Latin words from British and Irish sources.
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1994 British Artists 1880-1940Not Stated : 1994A large complete dictionary dedicated to the British artists of the late nineteenth and early twentieth century.
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c1875-1892 4vol The Dictionary of Architecture Issued by the Architectural Publication SocietyLondon: c1875-1892Four volumes of the Dictionary of Architecture, comprising of volumes one to eight, with illustrations.
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1960 American Authors, 1600-1900: A Biographical Dictionary Of American LiteratureNew York: 1960The fifth printing of this collection of over a thousand biographies in this biographical dictionary of American literature.
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1812 A Dictionary of the English Language, Compiled From Dr. JohnsonLondon: 1812A comprehensive pocket-sized edition of Johnson's important dictionary, an educational volume illustrated with a frontispiece.`
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1907-1914 I.C.S. Reference Library Engineering and ConstructionLondon: 1907-1914Two early editions of the I.C.S. Reference Library including works on engineering and construction.
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1949 Kelly's Directory of Lincoln and NeighbourhoodLondon: 1949The scarce 1949 edition of Kelly's Directory for Lincoln with advertisements in colour.
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1825 A Topographical DictionaryLondon: 1825An uncommon edition of this popular topographical dictionary of the United Kingdom, with numerous maps.
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1931 Sutton, Carshalton, Wallington and District DirectorySutton; Wallington; Epsom: 1931The very scarce first edition of this 1931 issue of Pile's Directory complete with the large folding colour map.
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1842 A Dictionary of Greek and Roman AntiquitiesLondon: 1842A first edition of William Smith's encyclopaedia of Greek and Latin civilisations
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1841 The Scientific and Literary TreasuryLondon: 1841Second edition of this popular scientific and literary dictionary by Samuel Maunder, a scarce work.
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1811 A Dictionary of Quotations in most frequent use, taken chiefly from the from Latin and FrenchLondon : 1811A helpful dictionary of translated quotations.
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1893-98 Cassell's Gazetteer of Great Britain and IrelandLondon: 1893-1898Cassell's comprehensive topographical dictionary of Great Britain and Ireland, with numerous illustrations and maps.
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1805 A New and Enlarged Military Dictionary, or, Alphabetical Explanation of Technical TermsLondon: 1805The second edition of this comprehensive nineteenth-century military dictionary, in contemporary half calf with marbled boards.
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1760 2vols A Dictionary of the English LanguageLondon: 1760The second edition corrected of Samuel Johnson's monumental dictionary, an important publication still in print today.
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1871 A New Dictionary of the Portuguese and English LanguagesLisboa [Lisbon]: 1871A smart copy of the scarce first edition of Jose de Lacerda's Portuguese-English dictionary.
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1809 A Dictionary of the Portuguese and English Languages, in Two PartsLondon: 1809A smart early nineteenth century edition of Anthony Vieyra's Portuguese-English dictionary.
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1841 A Practical Arabic GrammarLondon: 1841The scarce first edition of this Arabic grammar book from the mid nineteenth century.