Andrew Boorde, The First Book of the Introduction of Knowledge (1550?)
Date
1555?
Author
Andrew
Boorde
Note: 30/09/05
Book title
The fyrst boke of the Introduction of knowledge. The whych dothe teache a man to speake parte of all maner of languages, and to knowe the vsage and fashion of al maner of countreys. And for to know the moste parte of all maner of coynes of money, the whych is current in euery region Made by Andrew Borde, of Physycke Doctor. Dedycated to the right honorable and gracious lady Mary doughter of our souerayne lorde king Henry the eyght
Publication place
London
Printer
William Copeland
Text type
printed book
Genre
Treatises
Subject area
- Cornish
- German
- Hebrew
- Irish
- Welsh
Summary
Examples of various languages, e.g., Cornish, Welsh, Irish, German ... and Hebrew
Word-group
type: alphabetical
Word-entry
type: headword
sample: Englyshe and welshe foloweth. And where that I do not wryte true Welshe I do write it that euery man may rede it and vnderstand it without any teachynge.
One, two, thre, four, fyue, syx, seuyn, eyght Eun. daw. try. pedwar. pip. Wheeth. saygth. oweyth. (c1v)
sample: Englyshe and welshe foloweth. And where that I do not wryte true Welshe I do write it that euery man may rede it and vnderstand it without any teachynge.
One, two, thre, four, fyue, syx, seuyn, eyght Eun. daw. try. pedwar. pip. Wheeth. saygth. oweyth. (c1v)
Alston
III.ii.758
STC
3383
Catalog
Kennedy, Arthur Garfield. A Bibliography on Writings on the English Language from the Beginning of Printing to the End of 1922. Cambridge, Mass: Harvard University Press, 1927.
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Other editions
1562? STC 3385 (Alston III.ii.759)
