a history of english grammar books

Many students of English consider Murphy's English Grammar to be their 'bible':

English Grammar in Use - Wikipedia

English Grammar in Use Fifth Edition | Grammar, Vocabulary and Pronunciation | Cambridge University Press

Cambridge finally honours author of grammar 'bible' | Tefl | The Guardian

Here's quite a funny look at the book - from an Englishman's perspective:

How non-English speakers are taught this crazy English grammar rule you know but you've never heard of — Quartz

There are others:

Review ~ Oxford English Grammar Course | Teflnet

Here are a couple of nice lists of books to read on the subject:

14 Books for Grammar Nerds | Grammar Books || Read It Forward

The 9 Best Grammar Books Available Today (2021)

Here's another on the evolution of English grammar:

5 Books That Explain the Evolution of the English Language | Grammarly Blog

And there have been many, many other such books over time:

History of English grammars - Wikipedia

There's a wonderful exhibition happening in New York at the moment - and all the things on show are grammar books:

Each grammar book in the exhibit defines a different number of parts of speech, from two (nouns and verbs) to thirty-three (don’t ask). The traditional number is eight.

Grammar-Nerd Heaven | The New Yorker

Finally, from this blog:

Jay Doubleyou: where to go for some english grammar...

Jay Doubleyou: don't improve your grammar

Jay Doubleyou: Search results for grammar

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