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Queen Anna's New World of Words, or Dictionarie of the Italian and English Tongues. London: printed by Melch. Bradwood [and William Stansby], for Edw. Blount and William Barret, 1611.
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FLORIO, John (1553-1625).
Queen Anna's New World of Words, or Dictionarie of the Italian and English Tongues. London: printed by Melch. Bradwood [and William Stansby], for Edw. Blount and William Barret, 1611.
Enlarged second edition of Florio’s English-Italian dictionary, complete with the engraved portrait of the author. Florio indiscriminately included words from all parts of Italy (including Italian slang) in his dictionary which provided his English contemporaries with a valuable resource for understanding the many Italian books flowing into England. 'He displayed his erudition not just in his ability to understand such an extensive range of Italian vocabulary but also in his ability to provide an impressive spread of formal, colloquial, and occasionally vulgar English equivalents […] The new edition, dedicated to Anne of Denmark, wife of James I, contained over 70,000 entries, for the compilation of which he claimed to have consulted as many as 252 Italian publications’ (ODNB). ESTC S121353.
2 parts in one volume, folio (280 x 185mm). First title within architectural woodcut border, engraved portrait of the author, second title with woodcut device, with the blank 3F4 (lacking first and last blanks, title just trimmed at top margin and with repaired tear, marginal repair in title and 2 following leaves, 2 leaves torn into text, a few stains, small hole in 3L4). Contemporary calf, sides with blind-ruled borders enclosing gilt central lozenge (rebacked and recased, some restorations to extremities). Provenance: occasional early annotations.
Queen Anna's New World of Words, or Dictionarie of the Italian and English Tongues. London: printed by Melch. Bradwood [and William Stansby], for Edw. Blount and William Barret, 1611.
Enlarged second edition of Florio’s English-Italian dictionary, complete with the engraved portrait of the author. Florio indiscriminately included words from all parts of Italy (including Italian slang) in his dictionary which provided his English contemporaries with a valuable resource for understanding the many Italian books flowing into England. 'He displayed his erudition not just in his ability to understand such an extensive range of Italian vocabulary but also in his ability to provide an impressive spread of formal, colloquial, and occasionally vulgar English equivalents […] The new edition, dedicated to Anne of Denmark, wife of James I, contained over 70,000 entries, for the compilation of which he claimed to have consulted as many as 252 Italian publications’ (ODNB). ESTC S121353.
2 parts in one volume, folio (280 x 185mm). First title within architectural woodcut border, engraved portrait of the author, second title with woodcut device, with the blank 3F4 (lacking first and last blanks, title just trimmed at top margin and with repaired tear, marginal repair in title and 2 following leaves, 2 leaves torn into text, a few stains, small hole in 3L4). Contemporary calf, sides with blind-ruled borders enclosing gilt central lozenge (rebacked and recased, some restorations to extremities). Provenance: occasional early annotations.
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