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A DICTIONARY
OF
ENGLISH ETYMOLOGY.
BY HENSLEIGH WEDGWOOD, ESQ.
Vol. I., embracing Letters A to D. 8vo, 507 pages. Cloth boards, 14s.
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Notes du transcripteur
On a conservé l'ortographe de l'original, en particulier dans les citations. On a cependant corrigé plus de deux cents erreurs manifestement introduites par les typographes londoniens, dont la connaissance de la langue française ne s'étendait pas jusqu'à la maîtrise du genre des noms (“le pomme”, “le folie”, etc.), des règles de grammaire élémentaires d'accord ou de conjugaison, ni de l'usage des accents (“l'àge”, “gôut”, etc.). On a également restitué quatre-vingt accents manquant dans les petits caractères, sans doute en raison du matériel typographique disponible.