John Walker II [20 Paternoster Row]

ID 186
Name John Walker II [20 Paternoster Row]
Gender Unknown
Street Address 20 Paternoster Row
City London
Start Date 1781
End Date 1782
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Publisher An easy introduction to the knowledge of nature, and reading the Holy scriptures; adapted to the capacities of children. To which is added an essay on female education. Trimmer , Sarah (Author)
1782
Publisher An universal etymological English dictionary; Comprehending The Derivations of the Generality of Words in the English Tongue, either Ancient or Modern, from the Ancient British, Saxon, Danish, Norman, and Modern French, Teutonick, Dutch, Spanish, Italian; as also from the Latin, Greek, and Hebrew Languages, each in their proper Characters. And also A brief and clear Explication of all difficult Words, derived from any of the aforesaid Languages, and Terms of Art, relating to Anatomy, Botany, Physick, Pharmacy, Surgery, Chymistry, Philosophy, Divinity, Mathematicks, Grammar, Logick, Rhetorick, Musick, Heraldry, Maritime Affairs, Military Discipline, Horsemanship, Hunting, Hawking, Fowling, Fishing, Gardening, Husbandry, Handicrafts, Confectionary, Carving, Cookery, &c. Together with A large Collection and Explication of Words and Phrases used in our Ancient Statutes, Charters, Writs, Old Records, and Processes in Law; and the Etymology, and Interpretation of the Proper Names of Men, Women, and remarkable Places in Great Britain: Also the Dialects of our different Countries. Containing many Thousand Words more than either Harris, Philips, Kersey, or any English Dictionary before extant. To which is added, A Collection of our most common Proverbs, with their Explication and Illustration. The whole Work compiled and methodically digested, as well for the Entertainment of the Curious, as the Information of the Ignorant; and for the Benefit of young Students, Artificers, Tradesmen, and Foreigners, who are desirous thoroughy to understand what they Speak, Read, or Write. By N. Bailey, philologos. The four-and-twentieth edition, carefully enlarged and corrected by Edward Hardwood, D. D. Bailey , Nathan (Author)
Newbery , Elizabeth (Publisher)
1782
Publisher The law-dictionary: explaining the rise, progress, and present state, of the English law, in theory and practice; defining and interpreting the terms or words of art; and comprising copious information, historical, political, and commercial, of the subjects of our law, trade, and government. Originally compiled by Giles Jacob; and continued by him, and other editors, through ten editions: now greatly enlarged and improved, by many material corrections and additions, from the latest statutes, reports, and other accurate publications; by T. E. Tomlins, of the Inner Temple, Barrister at Law. In two volumes. Jacob , Giles (Author)
Newbery , Elizabeth (Publisher)
Tomlins , Thomas Edlyne (Author)
1797
Publisher The life of Petrarch. Collected from Memoires pour la vie de Petrarch, by Mrs. Dobson. In two volumes. The fourth edition, embellished with eight copper-plates, designed by Kirk, and engraved by Ridley. Sade , Jacques-François-Paul-Aldonce de (Author)
Newbery , Elizabeth (Publisher)
Vernor , Ann (Publisher)
1799

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