Archæologia Cornu-Britannica; or, an essay to preserve the ancient Cornish language; containing the rudiments of that dialect, in a Cornish grammar and Cornish-English vocabulary, compiled from a variety of materials which have been inaccessible to all other authors. Wherein The British Original of some Thousand English Words in common Use is demonstrated; together with that of the Proper Names of most Towns, Parishes, Villages, Mines, and Gentlemen's Seats and Families, in Wales, Cornwall, Devonshire, and other Parts of England. By William Pryce, M. D. of Redruth, Cornwall, author of Mineralogia Cornubiensis.
- Pryce, William, 1725?-1790.
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- MDCCXC. [1790]
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Publication/Creation
Sherborne : printed by W. Cruttwell; and sold by Dilly, Poultry, London London; Fletcher, Oxford; Merrill, Cambridge; R. Cruttwell, Bath; and Grigg and Son, Exeter, MDCCXC. [1790]
Physical description
[24],65,[173]p. ; 40.
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References note
ESTC T145137
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Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Thomson Gale, 2003. (Eighteenth century collections online). Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements.