Description
Product ID: | 9781851243884 |
Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
Country of Manufacture: | GB |
Title: | The First English Dictionary 1604 |
Subtitle: | Robert Cawdrey's 'A Table Alphabeticall' |
Authors: | Author: Robert Cawdrey |
Page Count: | 160 |
Subjects: | Dictionaries, Dictionaries, Language: history and general works, Language: history & general works, English, c 1600 to c 1700 |
Description: | Select Guide Rating Contrary to popular belief, the author of the first English dictionary is not Samuel Johnson, but Robert Cawdrey, who published his Table Alphabeticall in 1604 - nearly 150 years before Johnson’s dictionary. |
Imprint Name: | Bodleian Library |
Publisher Name: | Bodleian Library |
Country of Publication: | GB |
Publishing Date: | 2015-09-11 |