The London Vocabulary, English and Latin: Put Into a New Method, Proper to Acquaint the Learner with Things as Well as Pure Latin Words by Greenwood, James - 1785

Kessinger Publishing, LLC, 2010-09-10. Paperback. Good.

, viii, 123 pages, publisher's advert at front [1] and rear [1], instructional black and white wood block prints, a unique English/Latin vocabulary book, English on the Right and Latin on the left side, Sections I - XXVI arranged from simple things to more complex life forms, diseases, religious and civic institutions and time, Sections XXVII - XXXIII on part of speech

London: J. F. & C. Rivington, T. Longman, B. Law, R. Baldwin, S. Bladon, and G. & T. Wilkie. , 1791 . Cloth. Good. 6.5" by 4". Not stated. An early edition of this grammar book from the late eighteenth century with illustrations. Early edition of The London Vocabulary, English and Latin by James Greenwood rebound in modern cloth. Put into the new method, proper to acquaint the learner with things as well as pure Latin words for use in schools.With twenty six woodcut illustrations throughout the text. Collated, complete.With the original pastedowns attached to the new pastedowns, with ink inscriptions from 1852, 1888 and 1905. Greenwood was an English grammarian from the late seventeenth and early eighteenth century.With trimming to all page corners. Rebound in modern cloth. Externally, very smart. There is some slight bumping to the head and tail of the spine. Internally, firmly bound. With the original endpapers attached to the pastedowns, with ink inscriptions from 1852, 1888 and 1905. The… Read More

London: Printed for R. Baldwin, F. & C. Rivington, G. & J. Robinson, G. Wilkie, J. Walker, J. Mathews, C. Law, and T.N. Longman & O. Rees 1802 Twenty-second edition of this popular grammar book, which was reprinted up until 1828. While it is thought that the first edition was likely published in London in 1711, the earliest edition ESTC notes is the third edition (1713) with holdings of only three copies, all in the U.K. All early editions are scarce, with ESTC recording fewer than seven copies of each. Contemporary sheep recently rebacked in calf with gilt-lettered red morocco spine label. Twelvemo. Title-page with woodcut vignette, initial letters, headpieces, and twenty-five woodcut illustrations. Text printed in two columns, with English on the right and Latin on the left. Binding extremities somewhat worn. Gutter margins of endpapers repaired with cloth tape. Light foxing, margins slightly shaved, just barely touching running headlines of a few leaves. Contemporary ink annotation to lower margin… Read More

London: J. F. & C. Rivington, T. Longman [et al], 1791. 16mo, pp. viii, 123, [1]; 26 woodcuts in the text; original brown buckram; previous owner's name in ink on upper cover and front pastedown (with a date of July 1794), moderate wear and some relatively minor staining; a good, sound copy in an early original cloth binding, often found on textbooks of the last half of the 18th century. A popular school text by the surmaster of St. Paul's School who also compiled an English grammar. The London Vocabulary went through many editions in both England and America, where it was titled the Philadelphia Vocabulary. It is, essentially, an abridgement of Jan Amos Komensky's Orbis Pictura.

London: J. Rivington, L. Hawes, W. Clarke, and R. Collins, W. Johnston, T. Caslon, S. Crowder, T. Longman, and B. Law,, 1771. Sixteenth edition of Greenwood's earliest published work, an English-Latin vocabulary possibly first printed in 1711. Divided into 33 different categories, most of which carry a woodcut illustration, the vocabulary is presented in double column giving the English and Latin words. All early editions are scarce; the earliest recorded is the third edition of 1713. "The burthening of the Memory with more than is necessary at the Entrance upon any study, is certainly a great Discouragement to the Learner. I have therefore, in the present Vocabulary, avoided every Thing that is not of immediate Use, as Foreign to the Design; and industriously omitted that vast heap of Words with which our common Word Books do so frequently swell" (preface). Greenwood opened a boarding school at Woodford in Essex in 1711. In 1721 he was appointed deputy headmaster at St Paul's School in London,… Read More

London: R. Baldwin; F. & C. Rivington; et. al. , 1802. Cloth. Very Good. 5.5" by 3.5". Not Stated. An early nineteenth-century dictionary of London vocabulary, intended for juvenile use, illustrated throughout with numerous in-text engravings. The London Vocabulary, English and Latin is an interesting early nineteenth-century dictionary, intended for schools and children to learn the English and Latin languages. Organised alphabetically. Written by James Greenwood a noted proponent of female education.Here in the original burlap which very rarely survives. The twenty-second edition of this work. Illustrated with twenty-six in-text engravings, collated and complete. Containing a few contemporary ink signatures to the front pastedown and front free-endpaper, dated 1817. In the original full cloth binding. Externally, sound, with some shelf wear and a few ink marks to the rear board. Bumping to the head and tail of the spine and extremities. A small split to the cloth at the head of the front… Read More