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An American dictionary of the English language / by Noah Webster.
Van Pelt Library PE1625 W3 1874 3v. v.1 v.2 v.3
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Webster, Noah, 1758-1843.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- English language--Dictionaries.
- English language.
- Genre:
- Dictionaries.
- Physical Description:
- 3 volumes (lxxi, 1768 pages) : illustrations, portrait ; 29 cm
- Edition:
- Thoroughly revised, and greatly enlarged and impr. / by Chauncey A. Goodrich and Noah Porter.
- Place of Publication:
- Philadelphia : Lippincott, 1874.
- Notes:
- Added t.p., engraved: A dictionary of the English language.
- Preface to this ed. signed in 1864; includes also the author's pref. to the ed. of 1828; and the editor's pref. to the rev. ed. of 1847.
- "Memoir of Noah Webster / by Chauncey A. Goodrich":(p.xvii-xxii).
- "A brief history of the English language / by James Hadley": (p.[xxiii]-xxxix).
- "Appendix ... containing explanatory and pronouncing vocabularies of the names of noted fictitious persons, places, etc. ...": (p.[1539]-[1768]) has special t.p..
- OCLC:
- 13595500
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