first edition
1892 · Cambridge
by Fennell, C. A. M.
Cambridge: University Press, 1892. First edition, 4to, pp. xv, [1], 826; later quarter red buckram over black cloth, gilt-lettered direct on spine; very good, sound copy. With the ownership signature of the Shakespearian author, William Stone Booth, Cambridge, Mass., January 20, 1924, for whom see: http://www.sirbacon.org/wsbooth.htm A relatively scarce book. "The main objects of this work are first, to enable the English reader to find out the meaning and history of foreign words and phrases which occur so frequently in English literature; secondly, to register the increase in vocabulary directly due to the adoption and naturalization of foreign words since the introduction of printing; and thirdly, to record all English words of foreign origin which have retained or have reverted to their native form. The smallness of the staff and the small number of contributors have made it inevitable that these objects should not be fully attained and that the work should be uneven ... When the University of Cambridge, in 1882, accepted the bequest of 5000 pounds left by the late Mr. J.F. Stanford to be employed in the production of a dictionary of "Anglicized Words and Phrases," with the notes and collections made by Mr. Stanford himself with a view to such a work were carefully examined" (Introduction). Kennedy 1633.
(Inventory #: 45637)