A bibliography of the English language from the invention of printing to the year 1800
By: by R.C. Alston
Edition: corr. repr. of v. 1-10 / reproduced from the author's annotated copy with corrections and additions to 1973, including cumulative indices.
Publisher: Janus Press
Published: 1974
Place of publication: Ilkley, Yorkshire
Language: eng
Number of pages: 10
Subjects: English philology; Bibliography
Other titles: Bibliography of the English language 1500-1800.
Notes: "A systematic record of writings on English, and on other languages in English, based on the collections of the principal libraries of the world." -verso half-t.p.

Spine title: Bibliography of the English language 1500-1800

First ed. publ. for the author at the University of Leeds, 1965-   .

Bibliography: p. xxvii-xxx
Table of contents: title: English grammars written in English and English grammars written in Latin by native speakers.; title: Polyglot dictionaries and grammars. Treatises on English written for speakers of French, German, Dutch, Danish, Swedish, Portuguese, Spanish, Italian, Hungarian, Persian, Bengali and Russian.; title: Old English, middle English, early modern English, miscellaneous works, vocabulary.; title: Spelling books.; title: The English dictionary.; title: Rhetoric, style, elocution, prosody, rhyme, pronunciation, spelling reform.; title: Logic, philosophy, epistemology, universal language.; title: Treatises on short-hand.; title: English dialects, Scottish dialects, cant and vulgar English.; title: Education and language-teaching.