KERSEY, John, 1684-1720 .: Dictionarium Anglo-Britannicum: Or, A General English Dictionary, Comprehending A Brief, but Emphatical and Clear explication of all sorts of difficult words, .. By John Kersey . , London : Printed by J. Wilde, for J. Phillips, at the King's-Arms in St. Paul's Church-Yard, H. Rhodes, at the Star, the Corner of Bride-Lane, in Fleet-Street; and J. Taylor, at the Ship in Pater-Noster-Row, 1715.

A very good full leather binding. "The second edition corrected." 8vo. 8" x 5" x 1.5" . Later two-tone panelled calf, with gilt fillet border. Spine with 5 raised bands, highlighted in gilt, and gilt title: "Kersey's English Dictionary". Later endpapers (handmade paper). Title within double line border, laid-down without loss of text. Clear English text in double columns. Pages toned. No pagination - ca 690pp. "An unconfessed abridgement of Kersey's revision of Edward Phillip's dictionary" (Alston). Referenced by: ESTC T133240 / Alston, V.92 . ** " John Kersey the younger (1684-1720) was an English philologist and lexicographer of the late seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries. He is notable for editing three dictionaries in his lifetime: A New English Dictionary (1702), a revised version of Edward Phillips' The New World of English Words (1706) and the Dictionarium Anglo-Britannicum (1708). He was son of John Kersey the elder, with whom he has often been confused, and revised the work of his father in the fourteenth edition of the Arithmetic of Edmund Wingate (1720). He, more probably than his father, contributed the Discourse to an unlearned Prince' to the Translation of Plutarch's Morals, which appeared 1684-5 (re-published 1870). He was mainly occupied with lexicography. The sixth edition of Phillips's 'New World of Words, which was published in 1706, was edited by him (Preface to Dictionarium Anglo-Britannicum, 1 708). He greatly added to the number of words, and published a seventh edition in 1720. Another dictionary, the New English Dictionary, of which the first edition is said to have appeared in 1702 (2nd 1713, 3rd 1731, &c.), was also assigned on the title-page to John Kersey, but Kersey's responsibility for the work has been questioned. His Dictionarium Anglo-Britannicum, comprehending a brief explication of all sorts of difficult wordswas published in 1708; a new edition followed in 1715 contained 'words and phrases made use of in our ancient statutes, old records, charters;' the third edition appeared in 1721. The date of his death is uncertain." - See Wikipedia. *** Full title reads: " Dictionarium Anglo-Britannicum : or, a general English dictionary, comprehending a brief, but emphatical and clear explication of all sorts of difficult words, that derive their Original from other Ancient and Modern Languages; as also, of all Terms relating to Arts and Sciences, both Liberal and Mechanical, viz. Divinity, Law, Philosophy, Physick, Surgery, Anatomy, Chymistry, Pharmacy, Botanicks, Mathematicks, Grammar, Rhetorick, Logick, Musick, Heraldry, Maritime Affairs, Military Discipline, Traffick, Husbandry, Gardening, Handicrafts, Confectionery, Cookery, Horsemanship, Hunting, Hawking, Fowling, Fishing, &c. To which is Added, A Large Collection of Word's and Phrases, as well Latin as English, made use of in our Ancient Statutes, Old Records, Charters, Writs, and Processes at Law, never before publish'd in so Small a Volume: Besides an Interpretation of the proper Names of Men and Women, and several other Remarkable Particulars mentioned in the Preface. The Whole Work Compil'd, and Methodically Digested, for the Benefit of Young Students, Tradesmen, Artificers, Foreigners, and others, who are desirous thoroughly to understand what they Speak, Read, or Write. By John Kersey, Philobibl." (Book ref. 38155)  £400.00

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