= UNRECORDED Irish imprint. Not in WolrldCat. A Guide to the English Tongue, which was in print from its first publication in 1709 through a 48th edition in 1780 and a final print in 1830. This work differed from other similar works in that it emphasized pronunciation. Within the book words were sorted into groups where words with two syllables were further sub-divided into those that emphasized the first syllable and to those that emphasized the second syllable. Sorting words by sound and then in order led to lists that attracted comment, e.g., hiss, kiss, miss, piss, bliss. The 1716 edition of the work published by the linguist Bartholomaeus Ziegenbalg in Tharangambadi (Tranquebar, Coromandel Coast, India) is beklieved to be the first book published in English in Asia.
Old owner's names in ink on verso free endpaper ("P. Diebruhstein"?) and on verso first page ("Eberth").