![A large dictionary, English and Dutch, in two parts: Wherein each language is set in its proper form; the various significations of the words being exactly noted, and abundance of choice phrases and proverbs intermixt. To which is added a grammar, for both languages... The fifth edition corrected and enlarged [title also in Dutch].](/photos/1488/full/1488.jpg "A large dictionary, English and Dutch, in two parts: Wherein each language is set in its proper form; the various significations of the words being exactly noted, and abundance of choice phrases and proverbs intermixt. To which is added a grammar, for both languages... The fifth edition corrected and enlarged [title also in Dutch].")
(DICTIONARY, English-Dutch). SEWEL, William.
A large dictionary, English and Dutch, in two parts: Wherein each language is set in its proper form; the various significations of the words being exactly noted, and abundance of choice phrases and proverbs intermixt. To which is added a grammar, for both languages... The fifth edition corrected and enlarged [title also in Dutch].
Amsterdam: Jacob ter Beek, 1754.
2 parts in one vol., 4to (270 × 205 mm), pp. [xii], 548; [x], 80, 528. Engraved frontispiece, title printed in red and black. Uncut in early pink-stained quarter pigskin. Marbled boards. A few flaws to uncut edges. Binding worn at extremities and the spine faded. Early inscription "James MacDowall" to title, engraved Hope family armorial bookplate.
Fifth edition (first published in Amsterdam in 1691) of one of the most important early English-Dutch dictionaries. Sewel, translator, lexicographer, and historian of Quakerism, visited England only once but he was in constant contact with the English speaking community in Amsterdam and corresponded widely with English associates (including fellow-Quaker William Penn).
£650.00
US$1292.13*
* Given as a guide only. Based on an exchange rate of £1 = US$1.987896 for the day 5 July 2008 but liable to fluctuate.
5 July 2008