Part 3 — APPENDIX I
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CHRONOLOGICAL LIST OF MANUALS AND GRAMMARS FOR TEACHING FRENCH TO THE ENGLISH
I
The Middle Ages
A. Manuscripts
* Indicates that there are also other manuscripts of later date.
Henry III. (1216-1272):
c. 1250 Short Treatise on French Verbs (Trinity College, Cambridge, R. 3, 56).
Edward I. (1272-1307):
* Le treytyz ke moun sire Gautier de Bibelesworthe fist a ma dame Dionisie de Mounchensy pur aprise de langwage (ed. T. Wright, "Volume of Vocabularies," 1857).
* Tractatus Orthographiae of T. H. Parisii Studentis (ed. M. K. Pope, "Modern Language Review," April 1910).
c. 1300* Orthographia Gallica (ed. J. Stürzinger, "Altfranzösische Bibliothek," viii., Heilbronn, 1884).
Edward II. and Edward III. (1307-1377):
Commentaries in French on the Orthographia Gallica (ed. Stürzinger, ut supra).
Epistolaries, or Collections of model letters (MSS. Harl. 4971, Harl. 3988, Addit. 17716 Brit. Mus.; Ee 4, 20, Camb. Univ. Libr.; B 14. 39, 40, Trinity Col. Camb.; 182, All Souls, Oxon.; 188, Magdalen Col.).
Cartularies, or Collections of Bills, Indentures, etc. (Harl. 4971; Ee 4, 20, Camb. Univ. Libr.; Addit. 17716).
Undated Vocabularies and Verb Tables and Fragments on Grammar (Ee 4, 20, Camb. Univ. Libr.; Harl. 4971, Addit. 17716, Brit. Mus.; 188, Magdalen Col., Oxon.).
c. 1340 Nominale sive Verbale in Gallicis cum expositione eiusdem in Anglicis (ed. Skeat, "Transactions of the Philological Soc.," 1903-1906).
Richard II. (1377-1399):
Tractatus Orthographiae of Coyfurelly, Doctor in Law of Orleans (ed. Stengel, "Zeitschrift für neufranzösische Sprache und Literatur," vol. i., 1878).
1396* Maniere de Language (ed. P. Meyer, "Revue critique," 1873).
1399Petit Livre pour enseigner les enfanz de leur entreparler comun francois (ed. Stengel, op. cit.).
c. 1409Donait francois pur briefment entroduyr les Anglois et la droit language de Paris et de pais la d'entour fait aus despenses de Johan Barton par pluseurs bons clercs du language avandite (ed. Stengel, op. cit.).
Conjugation of Verbs, by R. Dove. Le Donait soloum douce franceis de Paris (Sloane MSS. 513).
c. 1415Liber Donati (MSS. Dd 12, 23, Gg 6, 44, Camb. Univ. Libr.; Addit. 17716 Brit. Mus.).
Femina. Liber iste vocatur Femina, quia sicut Femina docet infantemloqui maternam, sic docet iste liber iuvenes rethorice loqui Gallicum prout infra patebit (ed. W. A. Wright, Roxburghe Club, 1907).
1415Maniere de Language (ed. P. Meyer, "Romania," xxxii., 1903).
John Lydgate, Praeceptiones linguae gallicae, li. 1. (Bale, "Scriptores Britanniae," fol. 203.)
c. 1500?Dialogues in French and English (MS. Ii. 6, 17, Camb. Univ. Libr.).
B. Printed Books
c. 1483 Tres bonne doctrine pour aprendre briefment francoys et engloys. Printed by William Caxton. B.L. 4to. (Ed. H. Bradley, "Early English Text Society," extra series, lxxix., 1900.)
Another edition. Fragment of one leaf in the Bodleian.
c. 1492?Here is a good boke to lerne to speke French. B.L. 4to. Colophon: Per me Richardum Pynson.
c. 1498?Here beginneth a Lytell treatyse for to lerne Englisshe and Frensshe. B.L. 4to. Colophon: Here endeth a lytyll treatyse for to lerne Englysshe and Frensshe. Emprinted at Westmynster by my Wynken de Worde.
Another edition. Fragment of one leaf in the British Museum. B.L. 4to.
II
Tudor and Stuart Times
1521 Barclay. The introductorie to wryte and to pronounce frenche.
? Valence. Introductions in frensche....
1528Fragment of grammar in Lambeth Library.
1530Palsgrave. Lesclarcissement de la langue francoyse.
c. 1534 Duwes. An introductorie for to lerne ... french trewly.
c. 1535 Duwes. An introductorie for to lerne ... french trewly.
c. 1547 Duwes. An introductorie for to lerne ... french trewly.
1552 Veron. Dictionariolum puerorum....
1553? Du Ploich. A Treatise in English and Frenche....
1553?Traicté pour apprendre a parler françoys et angloys.
1557G. Meurier. La Grammaire Françoise....
1557(Barlement.) A Boke intituled Italion, Frynsshe, Englysshe Latin.
1559Ane A.B.C. for Scottes men to read the frenche toung....
1563Meurier. Communications familieres.
1565Holyband. The French Schoolemaister.
1566Holyband. The French Littleton.
1568(Barlement.) A Boke intituled Ffrynshe, Englysshe and Duche.
1571A Dictionarie french and english.
1572Higgins. Huloets dictionarie ... the French thereunto annexed.
1573Holyband. The French Schoolemaister.
1574Baret. An Alvearie ... in Englishe, Latin and French.
1575* A plaine pathway to the French Tongue.
1576 Ledoyen de la Pichonnaye. A Plaine Treatise to larne ... French.
1578Bellot. The French Grammer.
1578Du Ploich. A Treatise in English and Frenche, new ed.
1578Holyband. French Littleton.
1578(Barlement.) Dictionaire ... en quattre Langues.
?Holyband. French Schoolemaister.
1580Holyband. A Treatise for Declining of Verbs.
1580Holyband. De Pronuntiatione Linguae Gallicae.
1580 Holyband. The Treasurie of the French Tong.
1581Baret. Alvearie ... New ed.
1581Holyband. French Littleton.
1581Bellot. Le Jardin de Vertu.
1582Holyband. French Schoolemaister.
1583Holyband. Campo di Fior.
1585Higgins. The Nomenclator or Remembrancer of Adrianus Junius.
1588 Bellot. The French Methode.
?Holyband. French Schoolemaister.
1590De Corro. The Spanish Grammer with certeine Rules teaching ... French.
1591Holyband. French Littleton.
1591Corderius. Dialogues in French and English.
1592De la Mothe. The French Alphabet.
1593Holyband. French Littleton.
1593Holyband. A Dictionarie French and English.
1593Eliote. Ortho-Epia Gallica.
1595E. A. Grammaire Angloise et Françoise.
1595De la Mothe. French Alphabet.
1596 Morlet. Janitrix ... ad perfectam Linguae Gallicae cognitionem.
1597Holyband. French Littleton.
1598The Necessary ... Education of a Young Gentlewoman, Italian, French and English.
1599Holyband. A Treatise for Declining of Verbs.
1602 A Short Syntaxis of the French Tongue.
1602Holyband. French Littleton.
1604Sanford. Le Guichet François.
1605Sanford. A Briefe Extract of the former grammar ... in English.
1605Erondell. The French Garden.
1606Holyband. French Schoolemaister.
1607Holyband. French Littleton.
1611Cotgrave. A Dictionarie of the French and English Tongues.
1612Holyband. French Schoolemaister.
1615 The Declining of Frenche Verbes (Holyband?).
1615 The French A.B.C.
1615Holyband. French Schoolemaister.
1617Jean Barbier. Janua Linguarum Quadralinguis.
1618Farrear. A Brief Direction to the French Tongue.
1619Laur du Terme. The Flower de Luce.
1619Holyband. French Schoolemaister.
1620Colson. The First Part of the French Grammar.
1623Wodroeph. The spared Houres of a souldier in his Travels.
1623J. S. A Shorte Method for the Declyning of Ffrench Verbes.
1625Sherwood. The French Tutour.
1625Holyband. French Littleton.
1625De la Mothe. French Alphabet.
1625Wodroeph. The True Marrow of the French Tongue.
1625L'Isle. Part of Du Bartas, French and English.
1625Grammaire Angloise et Françoise.
1630Holyband. French Littleton.
1631Anchoran. Comenius's Janua Linguarum.
1631Holyband. French Schoolemaister.
1631De la Mothe. French Alphabet.
1632 Cotgrave. French-English Dictionary, with Sherwood's English-French Dictionary.
1633 Holyband. French Littleton.
1633 De la Mothe. French Alphabet.
1633 Anchoran. Comenius's Janua Linguarum.
1633 Saltonstall. Clavis ad Portam.
1633 De Grave. The Pathway to the Gate of Tongues.
1634 Sherwood. The French Tutour, 2nd ed.
1634 Aufeild. A French Grammar and Syntaxe.
1635 Cogneau. A Sure Guide to the French Tongue.
1636 Holyband. French Schoolemaister.
1636 Du Grès. Breve et accuratum grammaticae gallicae Compendium.
1637 (Barlement.) The English, Latine, French, Dutch Scholemaster.
1637 Bense. Analogo Diaphora ... trium Linguarum, Gallicae, Hispanicae et Italicae.
1637 Anchoran. Comenius's Janua.
1639 De la Mothe. French Alphabet.
1639 Holyband. French Littleton.
1639 Grammaire Angloise et Françoise.
1639 Du Grès. Dialogi Gallico-Anglico-Latini.
1639 Anchoran. Comenius's Janua.
1639 (Barlement.) New Dialogues or Colloquies ...
1641 Meurier. A treatise for to learne to speake Frenshe and Englishe.
1641 Holyband. Treatise for Declining of French Verbs.
1641 Holyband. French Schoolemaister.
1643 Gostlin. Aurisodinae Linguae Gallicae.
1645 Cogneau. Sure Guide ...
1647 De la Mothe. French Alphabet.
1648 Gerbier. An Introduction of the French Tongue.
1649 Holyband. French Schoolemaister.
1650 Cotgrave. French Dictionary.
1651 Cogneau. Sure Guide.
1652 Du Grès. Dialogi ...
1653 Mauger. True Advancement of the French Tongue.
1655 Holyband. French Schoolemaister.
1655 Lainé. A Compendious Introduction to the French Tongue.
1656 Mauger. French Grammar, 2nd ed.
1658 Cogneau. Sure Guide.
1658 Mauger. French Grammar, 3rd ed.
1659 Leighton. Linguae Gallicae addiscendae Regulae.
1660 Du Grès. Dialogi ...
1660 Cotgrave. Dictionary.
1660 Herbert. French and English Dialogues.
1660 Howell. Lexicon Tetraglotton.
1662 Mauger. French Grammar, 4th ed.
1662 Leighton. ... Regulæ.
1666 Æsop's Fables in English, French and Latine.
? Castellion's Sacred Dialogues ... French and English.
1667 Mauger. French Grammar, 5th ed.
1667 Festeau. French Grammar.
1667 De Lainé. Princely Way to the French Tongue.
1668 Holyband. French Schoolemaister.
1668 Grammaire Françoise et Angloise.
1668 Grammaire Françoise et Angloise.
1670 Mauger. Grammar, 6th ed.
1671 Mauger. Lettres françoises et angloises.
1671 Festeau. Grammar, 2nd ed.
1673 Mauger. Grammar, 7th ed.
1673 Cotgrave. Dictionary.
1674 A French Grammar ... Published by the Academy.
1674 Smith. Grammatica Quadralinguis.
1674 A very easie Introduction to the French Tongue.
1675 Festeau. Grammar, 3rd ed.
1676 D'Abadie. A New French Grammar.
1676 Mauger. Grammar (the English edition).
1676 Mauger. Lettres, 2nd ed.
1677 De Lainé. Princely Way, 2nd ed.
1677 Grammaire françoise et angloise.
1677 Miège. A New Dictionary, French and English.
1678 Miège. A New French Grammar.
1679 Mauger. Grammar, 8th ed.
1679 Festeau. Grammar, 4th ed.
1679 Grammaire Françoise et Angloise.
1679 Miège. Dictionary of Barbarous French.
1680 Villiers. Vocabularium Analogicum.
1681 Berault. Chemin du Ciel.
1682 Mauger. Grammar, 10th ed.
1682 Miège. Short and Easie French Grammar.
1683 Vairesse d'Allais. Short and Methodical Introduction.
1684 Miège. A Short French Dictionary.
1684 Kerhuel. Grammaire Françoise.
1684 Mauger. Grammar, 11th ed.
1684 Cheneau. French Grammar.
1685 Festeau. Grammar, 5th ed.
1685 Berault. Bouquet . . . de Plusieurs Veritez Theologiques.
1686 Mauger. Grammar, 12th ed.
1687 Æsop's Fables in English, French and Latine.
1687 Miège. Grounds of the French Tongue.
1688 Miège. Great French Dictionary.
1688 Berault. New ... French and English Grammar.
1688 Colsoni. The New Trismagister.
1689 Mauger. Grammar, 13th ed.
1690 Miège. Short French Dictionary, 3rd ed.
1690Mauger. Grammar, 14th ed.
1690Colsoni. A new Grammar of three languages.
1691Miège. Short French Dictionary.
1691Berault. Grammar, 2nd ed.
c. 1691Lane. French Grammar.
?Grolleau. Compleat French Tutor.
1693 Festeau. Grammar, 6th ed.
1693 Berault. Grammar, 3rd ed.
1693 Eloquent Master of Languages.
1694 Boyer. Compleat French Master.
1694 Mauger. Grammar, 16th ed.
1695 Colsoni. New and Accurate Grammar [new edition].
1698 Miège. Last and Best French Grammar.
1698 Berault. French and English Grammar.
1698Mauger. French Grammar.
1699Mauger. French Grammar [new edition].
1699Boyer. French Master, 2nd ed.
?Vaslet. Nomenclator Trilinguis.
1699Boyer. Royal French Dictionary.