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- In 1492 Nebrija also published the Diccionario latino-español (Latin-Spanish Dictionary).
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A Dictionary of the English Language, sometimes published as Johnson's Dictionary, was published on 15 April 1755 and written by Samuel Johnson. It is among the most influential dictionaries in the history of the English language.
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A Dictionary of the English Language, the famous dictionary of Samuel Johnson, published in London in 1755; its principles dominated English lexicography for more than a century. This two-volume work surpassed earlier dictionaries not in bulk but in precision of definition.
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Nebrija was the author of the Spanish Grammar ( Gramática de la lengua castellana, 1492) and the first dictionary of the Spanish language (1495). His grammar is the first published grammar study of any modern European language.
Considered to be one of the earliest Spanish-English dictionaries is Bibliotheca Hispdnica, of Richard Percival, Gent., published in London in 1591. It contains a grammar of the Spanish language and a dictionary, Spanish-English-Latin, made up primarily from Nebrija's and de las Casas's works. John Minsheu enlarged and amplified Percival's ...
In the centuries that followed, many more dictionaries were written by individual authors who chose what to include or exclude, with most quickly becoming outdated. One 19th century lexicon had a different fate. Ilan Stavans digs into the history of Webster's Dictionary.
