1. Introduction; 2. The classical heritage I: philology and lexicography; 3. The classical heritage II: Henri Estienne and his world; 4. Vernacular heritages I: Germany and the Netherlands 1500–1618; 5. Vernacular heritages II: England to circa 1650; 6. Vernacular heritages III: England and Scandinavia, circa 1650–75; 7. Postclassical heritages: du Cange and his world; 8. Shared heritages: polyglot and universal dictionaries; Conclusion; Bibliography.
A lively history of early modern dictionaries and their makers.
John Considine is Associate Professor of English at the University of Alberta.
Review of the hardback: 'All in all, Dictionaries in Early Modern
Europe is an exceptionally erudite, thorough and trustworthy book,
written by a learned scholar, indisputably of great value and use
for philologists, book historians and historical bibliographers.'
Lexikos
Review of the hardback: 'John Considine's book is admirably erudite
and informative.' Giulio Lepschy, University College London
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