Antiquae Linguae Britannicae Thesaurus: Being a British, or Welsh-English Dictionary....
- Hardcover
- Britsol: Printed and Sold by Felix Farley in Small-Street, et al., 1753
Britsol: Printed and Sold by Felix Farley in Small-Street, et al., 1753. First edition. Hardcover. Very good. 8vo. except for the Prefaces, unpaginated. Contemporary full leather, old reback, black leather lettering label, gilt. Final advertising leaf present. Light wear to the hinges and edges and occasional soiling to the pages, but a very good copy.
Contemporary signature of Edw. Leroy. Extensive annotations, additions and corrections throughout in the same hand.
ESTC T66971. A second edition was printed in 1759.
The British Language was an ancestral Celtic tongue spoken across what is now England and Wales until the Roman invasion, when it vied with Latin. It survived until the Arthurian era and has largely become modern Welsh and Breton.
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Details
Title
Antiquae Linguae Britannicae Thesaurus: Being a British, or Welsh-English Dictionary....
Author
Richards, Thomas
Binding
Hardcover
Condition
Very Good
Publisher
Printed and Sold by Felix Farley in Small-Street, et al.: Britsol
Date
1753
Edition
First edition