Dissertations on the English Language; with Notes, Historical and Critical. To which is added, an Essay on a Reformed Mode of Spelling with Dr. Franklin's Arguments on that Subject.

Webster, Noah

Published by Isaiah Thomas & Company, Boston, 1789

About this Item

xv, [2], 18-410p. Contemporary calf. Rebacked preserving the original spine. Noah Webster(1758-1843), lexicographer. See DAB XIX p594--597. "The beginning of his true career go back to 1782 when while teaching at Goshen, NY, he prepared an elementary spelling book published at Hartford in the following year". Sabin 102348. Contemporary signature of W. Pickering 1802 on the inside front blank. Nicely printed by Isaiah Thomas. Scattered foxing and some brown spots, otherwise a well preserved copy.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Dissertations on the English Language; with Notes, Historical and Critical. To which is added, an Essay on a Reformed Mode of Spelling with Dr. Franklin's Arguments on that Subject.
• Publisher: Isaiah Thomas & Company, Boston
• Publication Date: 1789
• Language: English
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Very Good