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Detailed Entry: [D. Lewis and others] Specimens of the Yorkshire Dialect. To Which is Added a Glossary of Such of the Yorkshire Words as are Likely not to be Understood

Author(s) [D. Lewis and others]
Unattributed Authorship No
Title Specimens of the Yorkshire Dialect. To Which is Added a Glossary of Such of the Yorkshire Words as are Likely not to be Understood
Place(s) of Publication London
Publisher(s) J. Kendrew
Publication Date 1790
Edition New edition
Format 18 cm.
Pagination or volumes 36
Reference WorldCat; Brotherton Library, Leeds
Comment No earlier edition has been located. Kendrew began publishing in York c. 1801. At least one poem, "The Sweeper and the Thieves," is by David Lewis.

This edition is listed in the reference above. Its existence has not yet been verified by examining a copy.