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Richard Perceval : Bibliotheca Hispanica

'In the early 1590s [Gabriel Harvey] studied Spanish with the aid of Antonio de Corro's "Spanish Grammer" (1590) and Richard Perceval's "Bibliotheca Hispanica"(1591), an English, Spanish, Latin dictionary printed as an adjunct to Corro's grammar.'

Century: 1500-1599     Reader/Listener/Group: Gabriel Harvey      Print: Book

Perceval : Account of Ceylon

'The evening before I left, walked to Falsgrave and on making a call looked over Perceval's "Account of Ceylon".'

Century: 1800-1849     Reader/Listener/Group: John Cole      Print: Book

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