Song of Solomon booklets in English dialects
ML.011
The Marian Library/International Marian Research Institute
0.25 Linear feet
(one of 3 collections in card box)
Bulk, 1859
1859-1862 inclusive, 1859 bulk
The Song of Solomon (also known as Song of Songs) booklets were commissioned by Louis-Lucien Bonaparte and translated into provincial English dialects by various authors. This collection contains a set of 25 4" x 6" booklets.
George Barclay Publishing
History of the Song of Solomon booklets in English dialects
Philologist and politician Louis-Lucien Bonaparte commissioned the Song of Solomon (also known as the Song of Songs) translations in the late 1850s. He had the book translated into 23 provincial English dialects by various authors.
Louis-Lucien employed London based printer, George Barclay (later succeeded by Strangeways and Walden) to publish the booklets.
Scope and Contents
This collection contains 25 4" x 6" booklets of The Song of Solomon (also known as Song of Songs), translated into provincial English dialects. Each booklet lists the type of dialect, translator, and in most cases, the date.
The booklets are one set out of a total of 250 printed in London by George Barclay between 1859 and 1862.
Arrangement
The books are numbered 1-25 and are arranged chronologically.
Processing Information
This collection was processed by Jillian Slater in 2011.
Access to Materials
This collection is open and available to the public for research in the Marian Library reading room. The materials are non-circulating.
Copyright Notice
The materials in this collection may be protected by copyright law (Title 17, U.S. Code). The materials are available for personal, educational, and scholarly use. It is the responsibility of the researcher to locate and obtain permission form the copyright owner or his or her heirs for any other use, such as reproduction and publication.
Preferred Citation
Song of Solomon booklets in English dialects, 1859-1862. Marian Library, University of Dayton Libraries, Dayton, Ohio.
Acquisition Information
Donated to the Marian Library.
Bonaparte, Louis-Lucien, prince, 1813-1891
Strangeways and Walden
Bible. O.T. Song of Solomon
Dialects of English
The Newcastle Dialect by John George Forester
1859
The Devonshire Dialect by Henry Baird
1859
The East Devonshire Dialect by George P. R. Pulman
1859
The Living Cornish Dialect
1859
The Cumberland Dialect by John Rayson
1859
Dialect of Central Cumberland by William Dickinson
1859
The Dorset Dialect by Rev. William Barnes
1859
Durham Dialect as spoken at St. Johns Chapel, Weardale by Thomas Moore
1859
The Lancashire Dialect by James Taylor Staton
1859
The North Lancashire Dialect by James Phizackerley
1859
The Newcastle Dialect by Joseph Philip Robson
1859
The Norfolk Dialect by Rev. Edward Gillett
1859
The Northumberland Dialect by Joseph Philip Robson
1859
The Sheffield Dialect by Abel Bywater
1859
The Somerset Dialect by T. Spencer Baynes, L.L.B.
1859
The Dialect of Sussex by Mark Antony Lower, M.A., F.S.A.
1860
The Westmorland Dialect by Rev. John Richardson, M. A.
1859
The Wiltshire Dialect, as it is spoken in the Northern Division by Edward Kite
1859
The North Yorkshire Dialect by the Author
1859
West Riding of Yorkshire Dialect by Charles Rogers
1859
The Dialect of Craven by Henry Anthony Littledale
1859
Saxon-English by George M. Green
1862
Lowland Scotch by Joseph Philip Robson
1860
Lowland Scotch
1860
Lowland Scotch by George Henderson
1862