James Sandford, An Entrance to the Spanish Tongue (1611)
Date
1611
Author
James
Sanford(alternate name for
James
Sandford
)
Note: 13/10/2005
Book title
Προπύλαιὸν [Propylaion], or An Entrance to the Spanish Tongve
Publication place
London
Printer
Th. Haueland
Publisher
Nath. Butter
Transcription source
Bodl. 4o P.42. Art (4)
Text type
printed book
Genre
Bilingual and polyglot dictionaries, glossaries, and vocabularies
Subject area
- grammar
- Spanish
Summary
Words and translations, without glossary but with some definitions (pp. 7-9), intended for Sanford's companions on a voyage to Spain this year to arrange the marriage of Prince Charles and the Infanta.
Language
headwords: Spanish
explanations: English
explanations: English
explanations: English
explanations: English
Word-group
type: alphabetical
Word-entry
type: headword
sample: 4 Aphæresis, which is the taking away of a letter from the beginning of words ...
sample: 4 Aphæresis, which is the taking away of a letter from the beginning of words ...
Alston
XII.143
STC
21738
Other editions
1633: STC 21739 (Alston XII.144)
Facsimiles
Sanford, John. An Entrance to the Spanish Tongue, 1611. English linguistics, no. 224. Menston: Scolar Press, 1970.
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Criticisms
Ungerer, Gustav. "The Printing of Spanish Books in Elizabethan England." Series 5. The Library 20 (1965): 177-229.
191-92.
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