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"2004.  ISBN-13: 9781584774150; ISBN-10: 1584774150. Blount, Thomas. Nomo Lexikon: A Law-Dictionary. Interpreting Such Difficult and Obscure Words and Terms, as are Found Either in Our Common or Statute, Ancient or Modern, Laws. With References to the Several Statutes, Records, Registers, Law-Books, Charters, Ancient Deeds, and Manuscripts, Wherein the Words are Used: And Etymologies, Where They Properly Occur. Originally published: London: Printed by Tho. Newcomb for John Martin and Henry Herringman, 1670. Unpaginated (284 pp.). Text printed in double columns. Folio (8&quot; x 12&quot;). Reprinted 2004 by The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd. ISBN-13: 9781584774150; ISBN-10: 1584774150. Hardcover. New. $75. * Reprint of first edition. Blount [1618-1679] was a member of the Inner Temple. Prohibited to practice at the Bar because he was a Catholic, Blount turned to legal scholarship and lexicography. Blount aimed to correct the defects he found in Cowell&#039;s Interpreter (1607) and Rastell&#039;s Termes de la Ley (1523). In his preface, he observed that Cowell &quot;is sometimes too prolix in the derivation of a Word, setting down several Authors Opinions, without categorically determining which is the true&quot;; Rastell &quot;wrote so long hence, that his very Language and manner of expression was almost antiquated.&quot; He hoped that by correcting these flaws he would create a dictionary useful to everyone in the profession from &quot;the Coif to the puny-Clerk.&quot; The Nomo-Lexikon is clearer and more detailed than its predecessors. It is also the first English-language dictionary with entries that include word etymologies and citations. An immediate success that quickly supplanted its predecessors, it was reissued in larger and revised editions throughout the eighteenth century.  "
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