Alston Robin C.ABAA
Alston, Robin CBiblio.com
A bibliography of the English language from the invention of printing to the year 1800. A systematic record of writings on English and on other languages in English based on the collections of the principal libraries of the world
64349Leeds: printed for the author 2011. A complete set of one of the finest bibliographical undertakings in the last half century. 4to 21 volumes in 40 all published -- volume XXII Indexes was meant to be forthcoming however since the passing of Robin Alston on June 30 2011 it may never be published; volume I limited to 1000 copies the rest limited to 500 copies each illustrated with many facsimile pages throughout many folding; several volumes with wear 2 volumes with some cracking of the cloth at the joints otherwise generally a fine set in original blue cloth. Vol. I: English Grammars Written in English and English Grammars written in Latin by Native Speakers; II: Polyglot Dictionaries and Grammars Treatises on English written for speakers of French German Dutch et al.; III part 1: Old English Middle English Early Modern English; III part 2: Punctuation Concordances Origin of Language Theory of Grammar; IV: Spelling Books; V: The English Dictionary; VI: Rhetoric Style Elocution; VII: Logic Philosophy Epistemology Universal Language; VIII: Short-Hand; IX: English and Scottish Dialects Cant and Vulgar English; X: Education and Language Teaching; XI: Place Names and Personal Names; XII part 1: The French Language: Grammars Miscellaneous Treatises Dictionaries; XII part 2: The Italian Spanish Portuguese and Romansh Languages: Grammars Dictionaries Miscellaneous Treatises; XIII: The Germanic Languages; XIV: The Slavonic Oriental African & Other Languages; XV:L Latin 1500-1650; XVI in 2 parts: Latin 1651-1800; XVII in 2 parts: Botany Agriculture Horticulture; XVIII part I in 2 volumes: Zoology Chemistry Medicine Veterinary Medicine; XVIII part 2 in 2 volumes: Law Art Architecture Heraldry; XVIII part 3 in 2 volumes: Military and Naval Arts & Sciences; XVIII part 4 in 3 volumes: Commerce Classics Cookery Technology Religion Recreation Music; XIX in 3 parts: Periodical Literature; XX: Materials in Manuscript in 2 parts; and XXI in 3 parts: Addenda to Volumes I-XVIII; plus Additions and Corrections to Vols. I-X List of Libraries and Cumulative Indexes. printed for the author unknown
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