Euphonologia Linguae Anglicanae, Et Mirum Sonorum Artificum, Regulis Conformium, Rejecto Nudae Exceptionis Effugio, Facta Cum Gallica Contentione. & Lufus Literarii Libera Vegatione: Latine & Gallice Scripta, & In Tria Scuta Seu Partes Divisa. La Prononciation Anglaise, Etablie Par Des Regles Fixes Sans Le Secours De La Simple Exception, Et Compraree A La Langue Francaise. Combat Et Jeu Litteraire, Quelle Langue Rainfornnee! -- Gibelin Mond. Prim. Sur La Lang. Angl. Par Mons. Adams, S.R.E.S. Ancien Professeur D'Human. A S. Omer.
Euphony of the English Language and the Wondrous Mystery of Sounds, Compliant with Rules, Rejecting the Bare Exception's Escape, Made with a French Contention. & the Free Development of Literary Spirit: Written in Latin & French, Divided into Three Shields of Parts. English Pronunciation Established by Fixed Rules Without the Aid of Simple Exception and Compared to the French Language. As Literary Combat and are, What a Reformed Language! -- Gobelin Mond. Primate on the English Language by Mr. Adams, S.R.E.S. Former Professor of Humanities in S. Omer. London: Published and Sold by R. White; T. Pote; and by the Author. MDCCXCIV (1794).
VERY RARE FIRST EDITION of James Adams' important work which received the thanks of the Royal Society. A facsimile was printed in 1968 by the Scolar Press owing to the scarcity of this 1794 first edition.
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Illustrated with two religious plates, the frontispiece and one plate at the back, alongside the illustrated title page. Depictions include the cross, the trumpet of God, and skulls among others, the frontispiece being reminiscent of a depiction of the book of Revelations and the others having themes of memento mori skulls etc.
Size: 145 x 226 x 22 mm (approx.)
Condition:
[frontis, title, i-ii, 28pp., i-xiv, (1), 190pp., plate, errata]
Paper binding with very minor rubbing, creasing, and general wear. Boards with small paper residue fragments. Handwritten paper label attached to spine. New paper attached over the front pastedown and extending and covering half of the ffep. Small pencil inscription of referencing on ffep. Damp stain to the frontispiece. Pen gift inscription to the top of the title page. Text block lightly toned with very sporadic very minor foxing, and with some very light creasing. Page edges unevenly cut. Very small number of very small pen corrections (typically a letter or two). Small number of leaves more foxed than others.
[OCLC: 5686353;ESTC N31151; Alston, II, 340a (sump.)].
