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COTGRAVE, RANDLE; and SHERWOOD, ROBERT. A French-English Dictionary . . . with Another in English and French.Whereunto are newly added the Animadversions and Supplements, &c. of James Howell Esquire. Title to second part within woodcut architectonic border. [370]; [123] leaves. 2 parts in one volume, partly printed in black letter. Folio, contemporary calf, rebacked, endpapers renewed, covers detached; some light foxing and marginal dampstaining, general title slightly frayed along top and fore edges, early 19th-century owner's notes on front endleaves. Bookplate of Norman J. Sondheim. London: W. H. for John Williams, 1650; Susan Islip, 1650
Third edition of a work first published in 1611. "Cotgrave's Dictionarie was, by a considerable margin, the most extensive French word-list of its time" (ODNB). Wing C6377, S3413.
