A New Universal Etymological English Dictionary Containing Not Only Explanations Of The Words

by Bailey Athan

$1,750 · Offered by Rulon-Miller Books

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London: printed for T. Osborne; J. Buckland, and R. Baldwin; and W. Johnston, 1764. Large folio, pp. 1080 ; lexicon in double column; engraved frontispiece, 12 engraved plates on 11 sheets ; full contemporary calf, worn, and rebacked with portions of the original spine laid down, with new morocco label; not the most handsome copy, but the binding is sound and eminently useable. Inscribed in pencil: Caleb Williamson purchased of J. Collinson, Jr. for Ɫ

• Binding: Leather

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