WEBSTER, NOAH. AN AMERICAN DICTIONARY OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE. Engraved frontispiece portrait by A. H. Durand after S. F. B. Morse. 2

volumes. Large 4to, original boards, skillfully rebacked with brown paper, rear board of Volume 2 renewed; a few margins chipped, with short tears or spotting, minor tears on 43 and 254 in Volume 1 crossing text; uncut; cloth slipcases. A CLEAN SET. New York: S. Converse, 1828 FIRST EDITION OF THE QUARTO UNABRIDGED DICTIONARY (preceded by the Compendious Dictionary, 1806 and an abridgement, of this for schools in 1807), with the advertisement leaf in Volume 1. Bookplate of Sterling T. Foote. Sabin 102335; Grolier/American 36; Printing and the Mind of Man 291 ("...the standard English dictionary in the United States...Webster succeeded in breaking the fetters imposed upon American English by Dr. Johnson, to the ultimate benefit of the living languages of both countries.").