Reference books : a classified and annotated guide to the principal works of reference / compiled by John Minto.

  • Minto, John, 1863-1935
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1929
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    text and plates, xlviii, 250 p. Oxf. Clar. Pr., 1915. la. 8° and fol. Z115.E lllus. chiefly from the public records, giving a representative ser. of examples of the kind of writing usually found in English docs, of the period covered. Has a useful list of ordinary abbrevs. Transcripts and notes on the plates are given in the text vol. Bibliog. of works on general palaeography, on abbrevs., glossaries, formularies, mediaeval chronology and topo¬ graphy. Marshall (R. L.). The historical criticism of documents. 62 p. S.P.C.K., 1920. (Helps Stud. Hist., 28). Z110 External—genuineness, localization, analysis of source, restoration of the original text. Internal—value of source, interpretation of source, establishment of the facts. Martin (C. T.). The record interpreter : a collection of abbrevs., Latin words and names used in English histor. mss. and records. 2 ed. xv, 464 p. Stevens, 1910. Z115.E Prou (M,). Manuel de paleographie. Recueil de fac-similes d’ecritures du xiie au xviie siecle (manuscrits latins et frangais), accompagnes de transcriptions. 12 pi. Paris, Picard, 1892. Z113 Tne accompanying letterpress is unpaged. —Manuel de paleographie latine et frangaise. 3e ed., entierement refondue, accompagnee d’un album de 24 planches. 509 p. Paris, Picard, 1910. Z113 Contains diet, of abbrevs. Ricci (S.). Epigrafia latina: trattato elementare, con esercizi prattici e fac- simili illustrativi. 65 tav. xxxii, 447 p. Milano, U. Hoepli, 1898. 16°. CN Scott (H. T.) and Davey (S.). Guide to the collector of histor. docs., literary mss., and autograph letters, etc., with an index of valuable books of reference, also, a new ed. of Wright’s Court-hand restored, with an introd. chap., and facsims. of water¬ marks. xvi, 218 p. S. J. Davey, 1891. la. 8°. Z115.E There are 95 pi. of facsims. ; 23 pi. of Court- hand restored ; 34 unnumbered pi. of the coll, of watermarks by R. Lemon of the Record Office. Silvestre (J. B.). Paleographie univer- selle : coll, de facsim. d’ecritures de tous plus authentiques docs, de l’art graphique, chartes, et manuscrits existant dans les archives et les bibliotheques de France, d’ltalie, d’Allemagne et d’Angleterre ... accompagnes d’explications histor. et descr. par MM. Champollion-Figeac et Aime Champollion, fils. 4 pts. Paris, Firmin Didot, 1841. la. fol. Z113 Publ. in parts between 1830 and 1841. The engr. t.p. of pts. 1 and 2 bear date 1839 and 1840. The engravings, which are many and very fine, are by Girault. Pt. 1 contains mss. of oriental peoples ; pt. 2. Greek and Latin ; pt. 3, 1. Modern European, southern region ; pt. 3, 2 Modern European, northern region. —Universal palaeography . . . Trans, from the French and ed. by Sir Frederic Madden. 2 v. text and 2 v. plates. Bohn, 1849-50. roy. 8° and fol. Z113 In his trans. Sir F. Madden made several corrections on the original, and added notes. The arrangement of the original is rather con¬ fused. Thoyts (E. E.). The key to the family deed chest : how to decipher and study old docs. Illus. . xvii, 204 p. Stock, 1909. Z115.E Wright (A.). Court-hand restored. 10 ed., corr. and enl., w. 7 new pi. by C. T. Martin. Stevens, 1912. 4°. Z115.E 42 ENGLISH LANGUAGE. O’Neill (H. C.), Ed. A guide to the English language, its history, develop¬ ment, and use. viii, 455 p. Edinb., Jack, 1915. la. 8°. PE75 Chaps, on composition, vocab. (inch a diet, of synonyms), style, quotations, forms of address, bibliog., prep, of ms. for the printer, abbrevs., etc. 42(016) Bibliography. Kennedy (A. G.). Bibliog. of writings on the English language from the begin¬ nings of printing to the end of 1922. xiii, 517 p. Camb., Mass., Harvard U.P.; Milford, 1927. 4°. Z2015 42(05) Periodicals. Anglia. Zeitschrift f. englische Philo- logie. Begr. v. M. Trautmann u. R. P. Wulker. Hrsg. v. E. Einenkel. Bd. 1-52, i. Halle [Saale], Niemeyer, 1878- 1928. la. 8°. PE4