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WEBSTER, NOAH. 1828 An American Dictionary of the English Language. 2 vols. With an ANS from Webster laid in.

WITH AN AUTOGRAPH NOTE LAID IN WEBSTER, NOAH. An American Dictionary of the English Language. Initial advertisement leaf and frontispiece portrait of Webster in Volume 1 (rehinged but loose). 2 volumes. 4to, 19th-century panelled sheep, Volume 2 front joint cracked at top and bottom; portrait foxed, worming in lower margin of several leaves toward beginning of Volume 1, Volume 2 title gutter reinforced with cellotape, otherwise quite clean internally; cloth slipcases. New York, 1828

  • Notes: first edition of the quarto unabridged dictionary, preceded only by Webster''s 1806 prototype Compendious Dictionary and its 1807 school abridgment. Printing and the Mind of Man 291. excellent set, with an ans from webster laid in: "Mr. Will. J. Greenleaf will please to consider Mr. Daniel Greenleaf as my agent, in transactions respecting my books in their hands--& treat with him as with their obed[ient] serv[an]t N. Webster Jun."
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