1853 1st Edition - AMERICAN DICTIONARY OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE Noah Webster
Item History & Price
1853 1st Edition - AMERICAN DICTIONARY OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE Noah WebsterThis book is large: 10.5 X 7.75 X 3.75 inches. The actual dictionary pages go from 1 to 1281. The entire book has 1452 numbered pages. This contains the Whole Vocabulary of the First Edition in Two Volumes Quarto; the Entire Corrections and Improvements of the Second Edition in Two Volumes Royal Octavo; to Which is Prefixed AN INTRODUCTORY DISSERTATION on the Origin, History, and Connection, of... the Languages of Western Asia and Europe, with an Explanation of the Principles on Which Languages are Formed. AN AMERICAN DICTIONARY OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE Author is Noah Webster, (Revised and Enlarged by Chauncey A. Goodrich)Publication: Springfield, Massachusetts: George and Charles Merriam, 1853Binding is leather which is worn in many points. The spine is over 3/4 gone.This book has scattered foxing throughout, but none obscures text.Sections include Author's Preface, Memoir of the Author by the Editor; (introduction), Followed by Tables of Scripture Names, Greek and Latin Proper Names, and Modern Geographical Names; Designed to Exhibit the Pronunciation for Webster's Larger Dictionary of the English Language.Shipped with USPS Media Mail.
