The Ladies Dictionary (1694)
Author | : N. H. |
Publisher | : Ashgate Publishing, Ltd. |
Total Pages | : 846 |
Release | : 2010-01-01 |
ISBN-10 | : 0754651444 |
ISBN-13 | : 9780754651444 |
Rating | : 4/5 (444 Downloads) |
Download or read book The Ladies Dictionary (1694) written by N. H. and published by Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.. This book was released on 2010-01-01 with total page 846 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The ladies dictionary, being a general entertainment for the fair-sex was published in 1694 and offers around 1950 lexical and encyclopaedic entries, the great majority excerpted either verbatim or with some degree of abridgement or adaptation from other published books. It was the first substantial reference book to be published in England with women as its principal target audience, and was arguably the first alphabetically-arranged encyclopaedia to be published in English.