Publisher's Synopsis
In this book Jonathon Green traces the history of the dictionary from the first lexicon created in 2340 B.C. to the pinnacle of the Oxford English Dictionary and today's computer-generated successors of that great masterwork.
Chasing the Sun Dictionary-Makers and the Dictionaries They Made
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Book information
| ISBN: | 9780224040105 |
| Publisher: | Jonathan Cape |
| Imprint: | Jonathan Cape |
| Pub date: | 01 Mar 1996 |
| DEWEY: | 413.0280922 |
| DEWEY edition: | 20 |
| Language: | English |
| Number of pages: | 423 |
| Weight: | 753g |
| Height: | 240mm |
| Width: | 160mm |
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