Archaeologia Cornu-Britannica, 1790 [or, An essay to preserve the ancient Cornish language].
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English Cornish |
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Menston :
Scolar Press,
1972.
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| Series: | English linguistics, 1500-1800--a collection of facsimile reprints ;
no. 362. |
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| Item Description: | Original title page: Archaeologia Cornu-Britannica; or, An essay to preserve the ancient Cornish language; containing the rudiments of that dialect, in a Cornish grammar and Cornish-English vocabulary, compiled from a variety of materials which have been inaccessible to all other authors. Wherein the British original of some thousand English words in common use is demonstrated; together with that of the proper names of most towns, parishes, villages, mines, and gentlemen's seats and families, in Wales, Cornwall, Devonshire, and other parts of England. Facsimile reprint of 1st edition, Sherborne, W. Cruttwell, 1790. "Much of the matter was taken whole sale from the collections of Thomas Tonkin and William Gwavas."--Dict. nat. biog. Includes several letters written by Edward Lhuyd to Thomas Tonkin. |
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| Physical Description: | 29 unnumbered pages, 65 pages, 175 unnumbered pages ; 27 cm. |
| ISBN: | 0854178880 |