TABLE OF CONTENTS -- FOREWORD -- PREFACE -- PART I -- THE PREPARATORY STAGE OF THE NDHE -- THE LEXICOGRAPHY OF EARLY ITALIAN -- THE OXFORD ENGLISH DICTIONARY -- RESEARCH AND RESOURCE ENHANCEMENT IN FRENCH LEXICOGRAPHY -- PART II -- ON THE ORIGINS OF MODERN BILINGUAL LEXICOGRAPHY -- A FEW POINTS ON ITALIAN LEXICOGRAPHY IN THE NINETEENTH CENTURY -- MODERN GERMAN DICTIONARIES AND THEIR IMPACT ON LINGUISTIC RESEARCH -- PART III -- ENCODING THE LANGUAGE OF LANDSCAPE -- ACCADEMIA DELLA CRUSCA'S ONLINE DICTIONARIES -- THE GENERAL MULTILINGUAL DICTIONARY OF METALINGUISTIC TERMINOLOGY -- APPENDIX -- ON ITALIAN BILINGUAL AND SPECIALISED DICTIONARIES -- LEXICOGRAPHICAL TOOLS IN LITERARY TRANSLATION -- FROM THE TYPEWRITER TO THE INTERNET -- CONTRIBUTORS.