John Colet, A Short Introduction of Grammar (1567)
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Date
1567
Author
Book title
M.D.LXVII.
A SHORTE INTRODVCTION OF GRAMMAR generally to be vsed: compiled and set forth, for the bringing vp of all those
that intende to attaine the knowledge of the Latine tongue.
Publication place
London
Publisher
Reyner Wolfe
Transcription source
EEBO of Folger Shakespeare Library copy
Text type
printed book
Genre
Bilingual and polyglot dictionaries, glossaries, and vocabularies
Subject area
- grammar
- Latin
Summary
Logical definitions of grammatical terms; and a Latin-English glossary at the end.
Language
headwords: Latin
explanations: English
explanations: English
explanations: English
explanations: English
Extent
204
Word-group
type: alphabetical
Word-entry
type: logical
sample: A Vowel, is a letter whiche maketh a full and perfecte sounde of himselfe: and there are fiue in number, namely, A, E, I, O, V: whereunto is added the Greeke vowell, Y. (a4r)
sample: A Vowel, is a letter whiche maketh a full and perfecte sounde of himselfe: and there are fiue in number, namely, A, E, I, O, V: whereunto is added the Greeke vowell, Y. (a4r)
Alston
XV.509
STC
15614.2
Catalog
Kennedy, Arthur Garfield. A Bibliography on Writings on the English Language from the Beginning of Printing to the End of 1922. Cambridge, Mass: Harvard University Press, 1927. 2481-82, 2484, 2489, 2493, 2495, 2498, 2503. view record
Other editions
See LEME 987
Facsimiles
Lily, William, and John Colet. A Short Introduction of Grammar, 1549 William Lily and John Colet
. English linguistics, 1500-1800, no. 262. Menston: Scolar Press, 1970. view record
Lily, William. A Shorte Introduction of Grammar. Scholars' Facsimiles and Reprints. New York: n.p., 1945. view record
Lily, William. A Shorte Introduction of Grammar. Scholars' Facsimiles and Reprints. New York: n.p., 1945. view record
Modern editions
Dobson, Eric J. English Pronunciation 1500-1700. 1957. 2nd edn. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1968. I: 7. view record
Criticisms
Allen, C. G. "Certayne Briefe Rules and `Lily's Latin Grammar'." 5th series. The Library 14.1 (1959 March): 49-53. view record
Lily, William. "Shakespeares Lateingrammatik: Lilys Grammatica Latina nach der &ault;ltesten bekannten Ausgabe von 1527 und der für Shakespeare in Betracht kommenden Ausgabe von 1566 (London, R. Wolfius)." Ed. S. Blach. Jahrbuch der deutschen Shakespeare-Gesellschaft 44-45 (1908-09): 65-117, 51-100. view record
Burman, Charles, ed. The Lives of those Eminent Antiquaries Elias Ashmole ... and Mr. William Lilly. London: n.p., 1774. T. Davies. view record
Flynn, Vincent J. "The Grammatical Writings of William Lily, ?1468-?1523." Publications of the Bibliographical Society of America 37 (1943): 85-113. view record
Dons, Ute. Descriptive Adequacy of Early Modern English Grammars. Topics in English Linguistics 47. Berlin and New York: Mouton de Gruyter, 2004. 18-19. view record
Lily, William. "Shakespeares Lateingrammatik: Lilys Grammatica Latina nach der &ault;ltesten bekannten Ausgabe von 1527 und der für Shakespeare in Betracht kommenden Ausgabe von 1566 (London, R. Wolfius)." Ed. S. Blach. Jahrbuch der deutschen Shakespeare-Gesellschaft 44-45 (1908-09): 65-117, 51-100. view record
Burman, Charles, ed. The Lives of those Eminent Antiquaries Elias Ashmole ... and Mr. William Lilly. London: n.p., 1774. T. Davies. view record
Flynn, Vincent J. "The Grammatical Writings of William Lily, ?1468-?1523." Publications of the Bibliographical Society of America 37 (1943): 85-113. view record
Dons, Ute. Descriptive Adequacy of Early Modern English Grammars. Topics in English Linguistics 47. Berlin and New York: Mouton de Gruyter, 2004. 18-19. view record
Sources
- Allen, C. G. "The Sources of `Lily's Latin Grammar': A Review of the Facts and Some Further Suggestions." 5th series. The Library 9.2 (1954 June): 85-100. view record
