The English Dictionary from Cawdrey to Johnson, 1604-1755

Between 1604, when Cawdrey published his Table Alphabeticall, and 1755, the year of Johnson’s monumental work, there appeared no less than twenty English dictionaries. In this book the authors provide a complete history, as far as possible, of each of these and thus give a systematic historical account of the evolution of the English dictionary during the first 150 years of its existence.

Originally published in 1946.

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