Etymological Dictionary of the English Language, 1753
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Author: Bailey, Nathan
Title: An Universal Etymological English Dictionary
Place Published: London
Publisher:Printed for R. Ware
Date Published: 1753
Description:
Author: Bailey, Nathan
Title: An Universal Etymological English Dictionary
Place Published: London
Publisher:Printed for R. Ware
Date Published: 1753
Description:
Unpaginated. Text in 2 columns. (8vo) 20.5x11.5 cm (8x4½"), later calf, raised bands, spine stamped in gilt. Fifteenth Edition, with considerable Improvements.
Published two years before Samuel Johnson's famous dictionary. Early ownership inscriptions of Solomon Safford (1764) and Jonathan Lawrence (1795) on front flyleaf.
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Title page and leaves of first gathering heavily worn, slight loss to text; some wear and staining throughout; very good.
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