A new dictionary of the English language
$1,250 · Offered by Rulon-Miller Books
London: William Pickering, 1844. 2 volumes, 4to, pp. 36 , 1183, 1 ; 4 , 1185-2226, 2 ; slightly later full polished tan, gilt-paneled spines in 6 compartments, citron and brown morocco labels; all edges marbled, some rubbing but generally very good. The most substantial lexicographical undertaking in England between that of Samuel Johnson and the O.E.D. First published as part of the Encyclopaedia Metropolitana 1818-37 , it consisted of a great many
- Binding: Leather
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