Shelfmark
CSR.1315 - CSR.1316
Title
A new English dictionary on historical principles : founded mainly on the materials collected by the Philological Society / edited by James A.H. Murray ... with the assistance of many scholars and men of science.
Varying form of title
Also known as: Oxford English dictionary
Publication, distribution, etc.
Oxford : Clarendon Press, 1888-1933.
Physical description
10 v. in 12 ; 34 cm. + 1 Supplement.
Note
Description based on vol. 1.
Note
Edited by Sir James A. H. Murray, Henry Bradley, W. A. Craigie and C. T. Onions.
Note
Generally known as the Oxford English dictionary.
Note
Originally published in parts, with the first part dated 1884.
Formatted contents note
Contents: Vol. 1. A and B -- Vol. 2. C -- Vol. 3. D and E -- Vol. 4. F and G -- Vol. 5. H to K -- Vol. 6. L to N -- Vol. 7. O and P -- Vol. 8. Q to Sh -- Vol. 9, part.1. Si to St -- Vol. 9, part 2. Su to Th -- Vol. 10, part 1. Ti to U -- Vol. 10, part 2. V to Z -- Vol. 11. Introduction, supplement and bibliography.
Provenance
Some volumes have various types of Eton College Library armorial booklabels on the front pastedowns; others have an ECL booklabel with red initials on the front pastedown.
Binding
Half dark red morocco binding over red morocco boards; gilt band along cover edges; gilt titling, decoration, and heraldic motif on spine; gilt top edge; endpapers vary (dark red, yellow, marbled, or blank).
Copy-specific note
Reference collection.
Copy-specific note
Previous shelfmark: Qb.1 - Qc.1.
Subject
English language Dictionaries.
Genre/Form
Dictionaries.
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England Oxford.
Language code
eng
Identifier
B47124