A Dictionary of the English language: intended to exhibit I. The origin and affinities of every English word. II. The orthography and the pronunciation of words. III. Accurate and discriminating definitions. To which are prefixed an introductory dissertation on the origin, history, and connection of the languages of western Asia and of Europe; and a concise grammar ... By Noah Webster ... Reprinted by E.H. Barker, Esq. of Thetford, from a copy communicated by the Author, and containing many manuscript corrections and additions. With an appendix by the Editor. London, England: [Printed by Richard Taylor] published by Black, Young, and Young, 1831 - 1832. 2 volumes. 4to. Full contemporary deer, leather spine labels gilt. Manuscript note in Vol I. first blank by W.T. Russell, that this copy if bound in full suede deerskin by a buck shot by himself on Naushon Island in the Autumn of 1832. First English Edition of Websters "magnum opus" - it is worth noting that, according to Skeel the text of the lexicon itself "was reworked by the English editor and was not merely a reprinting." Skeel 589A; cf. Grolier Hundred 36; cf. Printing and the Mind of Man 291; cf. Sabin 102335

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