WEBSTER ABRIDGED FOR PRIMARY SCHOOLS AND THE COUNTING HOUSE
A dictionary of the english language: abridged from the american dictionary, for the use of primary schools and the counting house.
New-York.
Published by White, Gallaher, & White, 1831.
12mo.
[8], 532pp. Contemporary sheep, ruled and lettered in gilt. Heavily rubbed. Early inked ownership inscriptions of Susan W. Merrill to front blank fly-leaves, several short incisions to two leaves (pp183-4 and 259-60), terminal gathering dampstained at head, scattered spotting.
An early abridged, stereotyped edition of lexicographer Noah Webster's (1758-1843) American Dictionary (1828), intended for the use of primary school pupils.
£ 450.00
Antiquates Ref: 27728
