English-Language Dictionaries, 1604-1900 The Catalog of the Warren N. and Suzanne B. Cordell Collection

This is a catalog of more than 2,300 pre-1900 English-language dictionary titles in the Warren N. and Suzanne B. Cordell Collection of Dictionaries at Indiana State University in Terre Haute. The most comprehensive collection of Western language dictionaries in the world, the Cordell Collection was begun in 1961 by the late Warren N. Cordell, a marketing research executive with a deep love for and appreciation of the study of words. From the beginning, however, old English-language dictionaries formed the core of the Cordell collection, and this catalog documents the comprehensive nature of these holdings.O'Neill, Robert K. is the author of 'English-Language Dictionaries, 1604-1900 The Catalog of the Warren N. and Suzanne B. Cordell Collection' with ISBN 9780313255229 and ISBN 0313255229.