Author: KÖNIG (Johann)
Title: The True English Guide for the Germans. Containing I. A new and useful grammar. II. A copious and well digested vocabulary. III. English phrases and idioms. IV. Choice English proverbs. V. Familiar dialogues. VI. A London-Guide, of the curiosities to be seen in and about London. VII. Some directions for writing letters. VIII. A few of Esop's fables. IX. A table for Englishmen to learn to read German. First published by John King, master of that language in London.
Description: Leipzig: Printed for J. F. Bkown's [sic] heirs, 1740. Fourth edition, with additions and corrections, 8vo (170 x 100 mm), [6], 279, 286-427, 430-431, [3]pp., parallel German title page: Der getreue englische Weg-weiser, oder kurtze, doch gründliche Anleitung zur englischen Sprache für die Teutschen... Bey Joh. Friedrich Brauns sel. Erben, text in German and English, woodcut to titles, date at bottom of both title pages has been scored-out with blank ink, near cont. calf, slight rubbing but a nice copy. The German translator and language teacher Johann König, or John King, having lived and worked in London for 30 years, first published his A Complete English Guide for High-Germans / Ein vollkommener englischer Wegweiser fur Hoch-Teutsche in 1706, a grammar, phrase-book and guide for Germans wishing to learn English, having recognised that Germans were increasingly visiting and settling in Britain. Alston II, 363; ESTC locates just 2 copies of this fourth edition (British Library and Torun University Library, Poland).

Keywords: LINGUISTICS GRAMMARS GERMAN / ENGLISH LANGUAGES LEIPZIG PIMPRINT