Papers relating to the Early English Text Society and early literature, 1864-[1910]
Key Information
Reference code
K/PP132/4
Title
Papers relating to the Early English Text Society and early literature, 1864-[1910]
Date(s)
1864-[1910] (Creation)
Level of description
Series
Extent
1 item
Scope and content
Founded by Furnivall in 1864, the aim of the Early English Text Society was to bring attention to previously unprinted early literature through its publication scheme and to provide source material for the Philological Society's New English Dictionary (later the Oxford English a Dictionary)