Archaeologia Britannica, Vol. 1. Glossography.

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Vol 1 only (all published). In modern quarter calf over red marbled boards, some blind tooling. Spine, raised bands, gilt titles to red calf label. Internally, Theatre vignette to title page, [2], [2] subscribers list, [2], [8] preface, [6] Kimry, 41, 2-3, 44-108, 113-179, 180-312 pp, (iv~), A-Ee2, 425-436 pp, [4] index, odd pagination but complete, new endpapers, some occasional light spotting to prelims, some light offsetting to tp, light marginal top corner water staining to last 30 leaves. (349*215 mm). (ESTC T116102. Brunet 1049. GRAESSE 194). Includes a Cornish Grammar, dictionary of the Irish language, as well as the first printed specimen of Manx . Title continues: Archaeologia Britannica, Giving Some Account Additional to What Has Been Hitherto Published, of The Languages, Histories and Customs of the Original Inhabitants of Great Britain: From Collections and Observations in Travels Through Wales, Cornwal, Bas-Bretagne, Ireland and Scotland. Chapters on: The comparative Etymology, The comparative Vocabulary, The Armoric Grammar and Vocabulary, Dr Davies's Dictionary, Cornish Grammar, Catalogue of British Manuscripts in Welsh and Latin, Essay towards a British Etymologicon, The Introduction to the Irish, Irish Dictionary etc. Lhuyd [Lhwyd; formerly Lloyd], Edward (1659/60?-1709), naturalist and philologist, was the Keeper of the Ashmolean Museum. ODNB.