ΕΛΛΗΝΟ- ΑΓΓΛΙΚΟ ΛΕΞΙΚΟ

Παρουσίαση

It is a remarkable fact in the history of education, that we should have so long continued the practice of studying the Greek language through the medium of the Latin; and that until very recently we have not had Greek, as well as Latin dictionaries, with explanations in English. In the period immediately succeeding the revival of letters, while the art of printing was in its infancy and the number of readers was very small, no one kingdom of Europe would of itself have afforded a sale for any considerable work written in the vernacular tongue; it was therefore natural, and indeed necessary, that lexicons, as well as other books, should be published in Latin, which was a language common to scholars in all countries. But circumstances have long since changed; and it may justly excite our wonder, that we should, till within about three years past (long since the prospectus of the present work was published), have been destitute of the most important of all books for the acquisition of the language in question,- A Greek and English Lexicon for the use of schools. [...] (From the publisher)

Ένα σπάνιο Ελληνο-Αγγλικό Λεξικό για όλους όσους θέλουν να αποδώσουν στην Αγγλική, λέξεις/ιδέες/έννοιες της Αρχαίας Ελληνικής Γραμματείας. Το 1848, ο John Pickering κατέγραψε όλα τα λήμματα της Ελληνικής Γλώσσας που εντόπισε στα άπαντα της Αρχαίας Ελληνικής Γραμματείας και τα απέδωσε στην Αγγλική. Το μνημειώδες αυτό έργο ανατυπώθηκε από τις Εκδόσεις Τετρακτύς σε μόλις 1.000 αριθμημένα αντίτυπα. (Από την ιστοσελίδα του εκδότη)