bibliography of the English language from the invention of printing to the year 1800
By: compiled by R.C. Alston.
Publisher: Printed for the author by E.J. Arnold [etc.]
Published: 1965
Place of publication: Leeds, England
Language: eng
Subjects: English philology -- Bibliography.
Genres: Bibliography.
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."

Imprint varies.

Editions limited to 500 or 1000 copies.

Incl. a supplement.

Includes bibliographies and indexes.

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Table of contents: value: I. English grammars written in English and English grammars written in Latin by native speakers; value: II. Polyglot dictionaries and grammars : treatises on English written for speakers of French, German, Dutch, Danish, Swedish, Portuguese, Spanish, Italian, Hungarian, Persian, Bengali and Russian; value: III, pt.1. Old English, Middle English, early modern English, miscellaneous works, vocabulary; value: III, pt.2. Punctuation, concordances, works on language in general, origin of language, theory of grammar; value: IV. Spelling books; value: V. The English dictionary; value: VI. Rhetoric, style, elocution, prosody, rhyme, pronunciation, spelling reform; value: VII. Logic, philosophy, epistemology, universal language; value: VIII. Treatises on short-hand; value: IX. English dialects, Scottish dialects, cant and vulgar English; value: X. Education and language-teaching; value: XI. Place names and personal names; value: XII, pt.1. The French language : grammars, miscellaneous treatises, dictionaries; value: XII, pt.2. The Italian, Spanish, Portuguese and Romansh languages : grammars, dictionaries, miscellaneous treatises; value: XIII. The Germanic languages.