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Vocabolario Italiano & Inglese: A Dictionary, Italian and English. First compiled by... Whereunto is Added, A Dictionary, English and Italian; with Several Proverbs and Instructions for speedy Attaining the Italian Tongue. By Gio. Torriano... Now reprinted, Revised and Corrected, by J.D. [John Davis]

FLORIO, John

  • Publisher: London: Printed by R. Holt, and W. Horton, for R. Chiswell, T. Sawbridge, G. Wells, and R. Bentley
  • Published: 1688.
London: Printed by R. Holt, and W. Horton, for R. Chiswell, T. Sawbridge, G. Wells, and R. Bentley, 1688.. Folio, (viii, 656), 34 pp. Fly leaf with a contemporary inscription and a neat repair to the top edge, some marks and browning, armorial bookplate to title verso. Contemporary panelled calf, corners worn and repaired, rebacked with a maroon label. Originally published as "A Worlde of Wordes" in 1598 and revised as "Queen Anna's New World of Words" in 1611, Florio is ranked third by one study, behind Shakespeare and Chaucer, in the amount of words contributed to English. A further edition of 1659 preceded this one. Wing F1369.

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