The British Language in its Lustre, Or a Copious Dictionary of Welsh and English. JONES (Thomas).

The British Language in its Lustre, Or a Copious Dictionary of Welsh and English. Containing Many more British Words than are in Dr. Davies's Antiquæ Linguæ Britannicæ Dictionarium Duplex. First Explaining many more British Words, by more familiar Words in the same Tongue, very Useful for all such as desire to understand what they Read in that Language. Secondly Shewing the proper English to every British Word, And Consequently The true Way of Spelling all Words in both Languages. Amplified With The Geographcial Names of Countries, Counties, Cities, Towns and Places in Great Britain (and some beyond Sea) in the antient British and present English. Whereunto are added, Plain and easy Directions to Welshmen, for the true pronouncing of the English Tongue, by a short Introduction to the British Language. With The Proper Use or Signification of all Accents, Points or Stops, as now used in the British and English; being Necessary to be understood by every Reader. At First compiled by the great Pains and Industry of Thomas Jones; and now finished by Richard Morris, of Temple St. Mihangel Town, in the County of Anglesea.

8vo. [162 x 102 x 25 mm]. 28, [332] pp. Bound in contemporary sheepskin, the covers with a blind fillet and roll border, the spine divided into six panels by raised bands, plain endleaves and edges (joints cracked, worn at edges with small loss of leather, lacking free endleaves).

Shrewsbury: printed by Stafford Prys, for Lewis Jones, of the Parish of Llan-ddona, in the Isle of Anglesea, 1760

Libri Walliae 3099.

Tear outer margin F2 with loss of a few words, some soiling and light staining. Various indistinct signatures, one dated 1853, with note "a valuable book".

With parallel Welsh and English title-pages and text. Previously published in London in 1688. ESTC locates six copies of this edition, at the British Library, National Library of Scotland, Oxford, Huntington, Newberry and University of Illinois. A second Shrewsbury edition appeared in 1777.

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