The American spelling book. : Containing, the rudiments of the English language, for the use of schools in the United States. / By Noah Webster, Esq.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Webster, Noah, 1758-1843.

Contributor:

Anderson, Alexander, 1775-1870, engraver.

Series:

Early American imprints. Second series ; no. 33626.

Standardized Title:

Grammatical institute of the English language. Part 1

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

English language--Orthography and spelling.

English language--Pronunciation.

Children--Conduct of life.

Genre:

Readers.

Spellers.

Juvenile literature -- 1814.

Fables -- 1814.

Questions and answers.

Physical Description:

vi pages, 1 unnumbered page, 8-168 pages : illustrations ; 18 cm

Other Title:

An easy standard of pronunciation.

Place of Publication:

Brattleborough, Vt. : Printed by William Fessenden, 1814.

System Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

text file

Notes:

First published under title: A grammatical institute of the English language ... part 1.

Running title: An easy standard of pronunciation.

District of Connecticut copyright Mar. 14, 1804, by Noah Webster.

Some illustrations engraved by Alexander Anderson. Cf. Skeel.

Three states noted, in variant stages between the 183 edition and the 1814 "revised impression." In the first state, all gatherings except for E are typographically identical to the 1813 edition, and gathering E is typographically identical to the 1814 "revised impression." The illustration on page 83 is identical with that in the 1813 edition. In the second state, gatherings A, C-D, G-L, and N are typographically identical to the 1813 edition, while gatherings B, E-F, M, and O are typographically identical to the 1814 "revised impression. The illustration on p. 83 is identical to that in the 1813 edition. In the third state, gatherings A, C-D, H-L, and N are typographically identical to the 1813 edition, while gatherings B, E-G, M, and O are typographically identical to the 1814 "revised impression." The illustration on p. 83 is identical to that in the 1814 "revised impression."

Not in Shaw & Shoemaker.

"Additional lessons."--p. 151-156.

"A moral catechism."--p. 156-168.

Electronic text and image data. [Chester, Vt. : Readex, a division of Newsbank, Inc., 2004-2007] Includes files in TIFF, GIF and PDF formats with inclusion of keyword searchable text. (Early American imprints. Second series ; no. 33626).

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