Taming the tongue : in the heyday of English grammar (1711-1851) /

Taming the tongue : in the heyday of English grammar (1711-1851) /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Garner, Bryan A., author.
Imprint:	New York, NY : Grolier Club, [2021] ©2021
Description:	xxv, 299 pages : color illustrations, plates ; 25 cm
Language:	English
Subject:	Garner, Bryan A. -- Library -- Catalogs. English language -- Grammar -- History. Grammarians. English language -- Grammar -- History -- 18th century. English language -- Grammar -- History -- 19th century. Exhibition catalogs. English language -- Grammar. Exhibition catalogs. Grammarians. History.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/12627159

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ISBN:	9781605830926 1605830925
Notes:	"An exhibition catalog of 100 items from the Garner Collection -- which in full comprises more than 38,000 pieces -- dealing with English grammar. Authored by collection owner Bryan A. Garner, one of our foremost experts on legal writing, style, and usage, and general editor of Black's Law Dictionary."--Amazon.com. "This Grolier Club edition is limited to 950 copies, the first 50 of which are numbered and signed by the author" -- half title page. Includes bibliographical references and index.

Table of Contents:

Preface
A short prehistory
Abbreviations
Bibliographic references
The 100 items
A short posthistory on grammars
The case of the variable parts of speech
The various configurations for parts of speech
Postlude: item 101
Comments
Appendix A: some curiosities in the stacks
Appendix B: interesting artwork in books not exhibited
Appendix C: two interesting owners' inscriptions
Bibliography
Index.