Abel Boyer, The Royal Dictionary (1699)
Date
1699
Lexicographer
Abel
Boyer
Note: 30/09/2005
Book title
The Royal Dictionary, In Two Parts. First, French and English. Secondly, English and French. The French taken out of the Dictionaries of Richelet, Furetiere, Tachart, the Great Dictionary of the French-Academy, and the Remarks of Vaugelas, Menage, and Bouhours. And The English Collected chiefly out of the Best Dictionaries, and the Works of the Greatest Masters of the English Tongue; such as Archbishop Tillotson, Bishop Sprat, Sir Roger L'Estrange, Mr. Dryden, Sir William Temple &c. For the Use of His Highness the Duke of Glocester
Publication place
London
Publisher
R. Clavel, H. Mortlock, S. Lowndes, and others
Text type
printed book
Genre
Bilingual and polyglot dictionaries, glossaries, and vocabularies
Subject area
French
Language
headwords: French-English, English-French
Word-group
type: alphabetical
Word-entry
type: headword
sample: ALBEIT, Conj. Quoyque, Bien que. (c1r)
sample: ALBEIT, Conj. Quoyque, Bien que. (c1r)
Alston
XII.648
Wing
B3917
Other editions
1700: Wing B3917A (abridged; Alston XII.671)
Facsimiles
Boyer, Abel. The Royal Dictionary Abridged, 1700. English linguistics, 1500-1800, no. 285. Menston: Scolar Press, 1971.
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Criticisms
Cormier, Monique C., and Heberto Fernandez. "Influence in Lexicography: A Case Study. l Abel Boyer's Royal Dictionary (1699) and Captain John Stevens' Dictionary English and Spanish (1705)." International Journal of Lexicography 17.3 (2004 September): 291-308.
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Gibbs, G. C. . "Abel Boyer Gallo-Anglus Glossographus et Historicus, 1667-1729: His Early Life, 1667-1689." Proceedings of the Huguenot Society of London 23.2 (1978): 87-98. view record
Gibbs, G. C. "Abel Boyer: from Tutor to Author?." Proceedings of the Huguenot Society 24 (1983-88): 46-59. view record
Gibbs, G. C. "Abel Boyer: the Making of a British Subject." Proceedings of the Huguenot Society of Great Britain and Ireland 26.1 (1994): view record
Gibbs, G. C. "Abel Boyer and Jonathan Swift: a `French Dog' Bites back." Proceedings of the Huguenot Society of Great Britain and Ireland 27.2 (1999): 211-31. view record
Cormier, Monique C., and Heberto Fernandez. "Standing on the Shoulders of Giants: Abel Boyer's Innovations in English-French Lexicography." Romanistik in Geschichte und Gegenwart 10.2 (2004): 185-215. view record
Guskin, Phyllis J. "Some Animadversions and Observations on Wit, Politics, and Morality in the Life of Abel Boyer." Eighteenth-century Life 12.3 (1988): 118-38. view record
Cormier, Monique C. "Usage Labels in The Royal Dictionary (1699) By Abel Boyer." International Journal of Lexicography 21.2 (2008 (June)): 153-71. view record
Cormier, M, and H Fernandez. "From the Great French Dictionary (1688) of Guy Miège to the Royal Dictionary (1699) of Abel Boyer: Tracing Inspiration." International Journal of Lexicography 18.4 (2005): 479-507. view record
Cormier, M. "De l'Influence de la lexicographie fran&cced;aise sur la lexicographie bilingue fran&cced;ais-anglais: le Royal Dictionary (1699) d'Abel Boyer." Cahiers de lexicologie 88.2 (2006): 163-82. view record
Gibbs, G. C. . "Abel Boyer Gallo-Anglus Glossographus et Historicus, 1667-1729: His Early Life, 1667-1689." Proceedings of the Huguenot Society of London 23.2 (1978): 87-98. view record
Gibbs, G. C. "Abel Boyer: from Tutor to Author?." Proceedings of the Huguenot Society 24 (1983-88): 46-59. view record
Gibbs, G. C. "Abel Boyer: the Making of a British Subject." Proceedings of the Huguenot Society of Great Britain and Ireland 26.1 (1994): view record
Gibbs, G. C. "Abel Boyer and Jonathan Swift: a `French Dog' Bites back." Proceedings of the Huguenot Society of Great Britain and Ireland 27.2 (1999): 211-31. view record
Cormier, Monique C., and Heberto Fernandez. "Standing on the Shoulders of Giants: Abel Boyer's Innovations in English-French Lexicography." Romanistik in Geschichte und Gegenwart 10.2 (2004): 185-215. view record
Guskin, Phyllis J. "Some Animadversions and Observations on Wit, Politics, and Morality in the Life of Abel Boyer." Eighteenth-century Life 12.3 (1988): 118-38. view record
Cormier, Monique C. "Usage Labels in The Royal Dictionary (1699) By Abel Boyer." International Journal of Lexicography 21.2 (2008 (June)): 153-71. view record
Cormier, M, and H Fernandez. "From the Great French Dictionary (1688) of Guy Miège to the Royal Dictionary (1699) of Abel Boyer: Tracing Inspiration." International Journal of Lexicography 18.4 (2005): 479-507. view record
Cormier, M. "De l'Influence de la lexicographie fran&cced;aise sur la lexicographie bilingue fran&cced;ais-anglais: le Royal Dictionary (1699) d'Abel Boyer." Cahiers de lexicologie 88.2 (2006): 163-82. view record
Sources
- "Fragments of History Prior to Two Editions of the Dictionary by Lewis Chambaud, a Rival of Abel Boyer." International Journal of Lexicography 23.2 (June 2010): 173-87. view record
Influences
- Mac Coinnigh, Marcas. "Tracing Inspiration in Proverbial Material: From The Royal Dictionary (1699 & 1729) of Abel Boyer to The English-Irish Dictionary (1732) of Begley and McCurtin." International Journal of Lexicography 26.1 (March 2013): 23-57. view record
