The compleat French-master : for ladies and gentlemen ... : for the use of His Highness the Duke of Glocester / by Mr. Boyer, author of the Royal dictionary.
1699
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Title
The compleat French-master : for ladies and gentlemen ... : for the use of His Highness the Duke of Glocester / by Mr. Boyer, author of the Royal dictionary.
Edition
The second edition, corrected and much enlarged.
Created/published
London : Printed for R. Sare at Gray's-Inn-gate in Holbourn, and John Nicholson at the King's Arms in Little Brittain, 1699.
Description
[8], 127, 126-180, [2], 96, 160, 115-126 p. : music ; 18 cm (8vo)
Associated name
Note
Signatures: pi⁴ A-L⁸ M⁴ a*-f*⁸ 2A-2K⁸, ²H⁴ ²I²; pi1 blank.
"Vocabulaire anglois & françois" (caption title) begins new pagination on a*1r; "Dialogues familiers, françois & anglois. Familiar dialogues, French and English" (caption title) begins new pagination on 2A1r.
"Vocabulaire anglois & françois" (caption title) begins new pagination on a*1r; "Dialogues familiers, françois & anglois. Familiar dialogues, French and English" (caption title) begins new pagination on 2A1r.
Contents
(from title page) Containing. I. A new methodical French grammar
II. A large and copious vocabulary
III. Familiar phrases, with the niceties of the French tongue
IV. Familiar dialogues
V. Dialogues of wit and humour, upon love, and other subjects : the six last done out of Spanish / by Mr. Savage.
II. A large and copious vocabulary
III. Familiar phrases, with the niceties of the French tongue
IV. Familiar dialogues
V. Dialogues of wit and humour, upon love, and other subjects : the six last done out of Spanish / by Mr. Savage.
Cited/described in
English short title catalogue (ESTC), R037124
Wing, D.G. Short-title catalogue of books printed in England, Scotland, Ireland, Wales, and British America, and of English books printed in other countries, 1641-1700 (2nd ed.), B3914
Wing, D.G. Short-title catalogue of books printed in England, Scotland, Ireland, Wales, and British America, and of English books printed in other countries, 1641-1700 (2nd ed.), B3914
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Place of creation/publication
Great Britain -- England -- London.
Item Details
Call number
263- 520q
Folger-specific note
Some loss of printing on Hv4 because of folded paper in the press; Leaf 2I5 has a small piece missing from lower edge, with slight loss of text. Some wormholes with slight loss of text. Inscriptions: William Craige his book; Charl. Craige's book, bought in Liverpool for 2s:6d, 1702. Includes some drawings and what appear to be mathematical calculations. A few minor markings in the text, including a correction on leaf F3v. In contemporary sheep binding, rebacked. Adopted by Mary C. Blake, Acquisitions Night 2008.
Folger accession
263520