Guy Miege — The Short French Dictionary, the Second Part

The Hague, Henry van Bulderen, 1701. Leather. The very scarce French-English second part only of the fifth edition of Guy Miege"s influential bilingual dictionary, a contemporary full calf binding. In a contemporary full calf binding.  The fifth edition, with some improvements. This copy comprises the second part only, the French-English portion of Miege"s bilingual dictionary. The first part, English-French, is not present.  Guy Miege (1644-c.1718) was a Swiss-born lexicographer, writer and translator who settled in England. He became one of the most important compilers of French-English dictionaries of the later 17th century.  Miege"s Short French Dictionary was first published in 1684 and repeatedly revised. A compact French-English dictionary, translating French words and phrases into English and reflecting contemporary usage and spelling.   In a contemporary full calf binding, with blind-tooled panel decoration. Externally, sound. Front joint cracked, front board tender, but holding. Slight cracking to rear joint, holding firm. Slight discolouration from binder's glue to endpapers. Pencil annotations to front endpapers.Slight loss to upper corner of rear free endpaper. Slight rubbing and bumping to extremities, resulting in minor loss to calf. Internally, generally firmly bound. Hinge strained to title page and free endpaper, with slight wear to gutter. Pages generally bright and clean if slightly age toned with one or two spots and handling marks to fore edge, more so to first and final few leaves. The odd gathering closely trimmed, affecting the legibility of a few words. Manuscript inscription to all edges of the fore edge reading "French Dictionary." Good . Ill.: None. Good .