Begun in 1844 and published in four volumes from 1863 to 1873, with a supplement issued in 1877, it contained many quotations from works of literature written in the 16th58 in seven volumes, with the material from the original supplement incorporated into the alphabetization. This dictionary remains important for its history, etymology, and grammar. Other reissues appeared in 1978 (four volumes) and 1983 (four volumes and a supplement in one volume).