Author: FREY, JOSEPH SAMUEL C.F.
Title: A Hebrew, Latin, and English Dictionary; all the Hebrew and Chaldee words used in th Old Testament, including Proper Names, arranged under one alphabet, the derivatives referred to their respective roots, and the signification, in Latin and English, according to the best authorities: With copious Vocabularies, Latin and Hebrew, and English and Hebrew. In two volumes, Vol. I. (1 vol.)
Description: London, Published for the author, b Gale and Fenner, Paternoster-Row. Printed by A.McIntosh, Spitalfields., 1815. (4), XXIV, 1318, 60, 54 pp., with an engraved portrait of the author as frontispiece; first few leaves somewhat foxed, halftitle lacking, otherwise internally good,. Modern cloth, gilt edges, Orig. title-lable mounted on the spine (causing a small glue stain). First edition. This dictionary by Joseph Frey (1771-1850) was a massive achievement, which at the time of preview made some persons object that the author 'had done too much, by making the acquisition of the language so easy as to encourage indolence in the student' (Pref., XIII). A reprint was issued for the author by Hamilton, London 1819.

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