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 originl of some thousand English words in common use in demonstrated ; together with that of the power names of most towns, parishes, villages, mines, and gentlemen's seats amd families, in Wales, Cornwall, Devonshire, and othe parts of England /

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 originl of some thousand English words in common use in demonstrated ; together with that of the power names of most towns, parishes, villages, mines, and gentlemen's seats amd families, in Wales, Cornwall, Devonshire, and othe parts of England /
by William Pryce.
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Bibliographic Details
Main Creator: Pryce, William, 1725?-1790
Contributors: Tonkin, Thomas, 1678-1742.
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Format: Microfilm
Language:English
Published / Created: Sherbone : W. Cruttwell, 1790.
Series:English linguistics, 1500-1800--a collection of facsimile reprints ; no. 362.
Subjects:
Cornish language > Grammar > Early works to 1800.
Cornish language > Glossaries, vocabularies, etc. > Early works to 1800.
Cornwall (England : County) > Languages > Early works to 1800.
Notes:"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.

Reproduction of the original in the Bodleian Library.

Physical description: 65, [173] p. ; 26 cm.

Reproduction Note: Microfiche. London : Scolar Press, 1974. 3 microfiches ; 11 x 15 cm. (English linguistics, 1500-1800 ; EL 362).

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