A Standard Dictionary of the English Language Upon Original Plans Designed to Give, in Complete and Accurate Statement, the Orthography, Pronunciation, Meaning, and Etymology of All the Words and Meaning of Idiomatic Phrases

A handsome two-volume set of Funk & Wagnalls' standard English language dictionary, uniformly bound in full morocco and illustrated with stunning colour plates. The complete two-volume set of this work, uniformly bound in full morocco bindings, with blind-stamped designs and gilt lettering to the boards, and gilt detailing to the spines. Marbled end papers and edges, with notches at alphabetic intervals for ease of reference.Prepared by over two hundred specialists and other scholars under the supervision of Editor-in-Chief Isaac K. Funk, this complete two-volume set provides an informative dictionary of the English language as it was at the turn of the century. With a list and portraits of the staff who assisted in its creation.Volume I, which comprises word definitions for A to L, also contains A Standard Atlas of the World, with a Convenient Marginal Reference Index, also a Condensed Cyclopedia (Funk & Wagnalls Company, New York, 1900) to the rear.Volume II, which comprises word definitions for M to Z, also features the appendix, including a language key, glossary of foreign words, disputed spellings and pronunciations, abbreviations, symbolic significance of flowers and gems, and much more.Beautifully illustrated with nineteen plates (most in colour) and forty-one colour maps to volume I, as well as eleven plates (most in colour) to volume II, and illustrated throughout with in-text engravings, this is a wonderful reference work.Loosely inserted is a slip providing instructions on how to use the Denison Reference Index. Uniformly bound in full morocco bindings. Externally, very smart. Fading to the spines. Small crack to the head of the front joint to volume I. Very light rubbing to the extremities. Hinges have been reinforced by binder's tape. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Very Good Indeed.…