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1828réf. 69555New York: Published by S. Converse. Printed by Hezekiah Howe. 1828. Full Description: WEBSTER Noah. An American Dictionary of the English Language: Intended to exhibit I. The origin affinities and primary signification of English words as far as they have been ascertained. II. The genuine orthography and pronunciation of words according to general usage or to just principles of analogy. III. Accurate and discriminating definitions with numerous authorities and illustrations. To which are prefixed an introductory dissertation on the origin history and connection of the languages of western Asia and of Europe and a concise grammar of the English language. In two volumes. New York: Published by S. Converse. Printed by Hezekiah Howe. 1828. First edition. Two large quarto volumes 11 5/16 x 9 inches; 287 x 230 mm. Engraved frontispiece portrait the portrait of Webster painted by S.F.B. Morse by A.B. Durand printed by J.R. Burton. Tissue guard for portrait. With the final leaf of "Additions" and "Corrections" at the end of Volume II which is often lacking. Bound by W. H. Talcott & Bro in full nineteenth-century morocco. Boards ruled in blind. Spines ruled in blind and lettered in gilt. Board edges stamped in blind. Edges speckled red. Marbled endpapers. Some mild rubbing to boards and corners. A bit of foxing and toning to frontispiece and title-page. Small dampstain to top margin of portrait leaf not touching engraving. Overall an excellent copy very clean. "'The most ambitious publication ever undertaken up to that time upon American soil.' Webster began work on his Dictionary in 1800. Along the way his produced his fat duodecimo Compendious Dictionary of the English Language New Haven 1806.and an abridgement of this for schools in 1807 and by 1813 he had learned twenty languages seven of which were Asiatic or dialects of the Assyrian to which twenty he later added Portuguese Welsh Gothic and the early dialects of English and German. He spent a year abroad in 18234-25 to perfect the work and began printing May 8 1827.Webster set a new standard for entymological investigation and for accuracy of definition 'a born definer of words'-Sir James Murray and included 70000 words as against the 58000 of any previous dictionary. There were 2500 copies printed in boards uncut or full calf.Webster wrote every word of the manuscript of the dictionary himself" Grolier 100 American. "This dictionary which almost at once became and has remained the standard English dictionary in the United States was the end-product of a stream of spelling books grammars readers and dictionaries which flowed from the pen of the industrious Noah Webster.Webster's great dictionary all the 70000 entries of which he wrote with his own hand has been reprinted and brought up to date innumerable times.the book marked a definite advance in modern lexicography as it included many non-literary terms and paid great attention to the language actually spoken. Moreover his definitions of the meaning of words were accurate and concise Sir James Murray editor of the Oxford English Dictionary called him 'a born definer of words' and have for the greater part stood the test of time superbly well" Printing and the Mind of Man. Grolier 100 American 36. Printing and the Mind of Man 291. Sabin 102335. Skeel 583. HBS 69555. $16000. Published by S. Converse. Printed by Hezekiah Howe.. unknown

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American Dictionary of the English Language

1828réf. 69678New York: Published by S. Converse. Printed by Hezekiah Howe. 1828. Full Description: WEBSTER Noah. An American Dictionary of the English Language: Intended to exhibit I. The origin affinities and primary signification of English words as far as they have been ascertained. II. The genuine orthography and pronunciation of words according to general usage or to just principles of analogy. III. Accurate and discriminating definitions with numerous authorities and illustrations. To which are prefixed an introductory dissertation on the origin history and connection of the languages of western Asia and of Europe and a concise grammar of the English language. In two volumes. New York: Published by S. Converse. Printed by Hezekiah Howe. 1828. First edition one of only 2500 copies. Two large quarto volumes 10 3/4 x 8 7/8 inches; 274 x 226 mm. Engraved frontispiece portrait the portrait of Webster painted by S.F.B. Morse by A.B. Durand printed by J.R. Burton. Tissue guard for portrait. With the final leaf of "Additions" and "Corrections" at the end of Volume II which is often lacking. Together with Rare autograph leaf from the original draft of Noah Webster's 1828 American Dictionary of the English Language. One leaf with manuscript in brown ink on recto and verso 8x 10 inches; 250 x 200 mm. This rare manuscript page from his work presents definitions from "Biped" to "Bird." Other words present include "Bipedial" "Bipetalous" "Biquadrate" "Biquintile" "Biradiated" and "Birch." This leaf from Webster's draft manuscript shows his processes of careful editing. For "Birch" he wrote out and then crossed off an entire paragraph that read in part: "This word is probably the same as bark; from the great use of birch barks among savage nations the name was transferred to the tree as was the name of beech to another species of tree." Webster substituted this deleted passage with text nearly identical to what saw print in 1828: "A genus of trees known technically under the name Betula of which there are four or five species; as the white or common birch-the dwarf birch-the Canada birch of which there are several varieties & the black birch." The Pierpont Morgan Library holds most of Webster's manuscript which runs some 450 leaves; however early on leaves from the "A" and "B" sections were separated. All leaves that ever appeared for sale came from A & B. Two volumes uniformly bound in contemporary full dark brown sheep. Spines ruled in gilt with original black and red morocco spine labels lettered in gilt. Marbled endpapers. Edges speckled brown. Some rubbing and scuffing to boards. Corners have been renewed on each volume. Some light dampstaining to portrait leaf just barely touching the engraving. Some dampstaining to endpapers. Overall a very good set with a wonderful manuscript leaf. Each volume housed in a chemise and blue quarter morocco clamshell box. "'The most ambitious publication ever undertaken up to that time upon American soil.' Webster began work on his Dictionary in 1800. Along the way his produced his fat duodecimo Compendious Dictionary of the English Language New Haven 1806.and an abridgement of this for schools in 1807 and by 1813 he had learned twenty languages seven of which were Asiatic or dialects of the Assyrian to which twenty he later added Portuguese Welsh Gothic and the early dialects of English and German. He spent a year abroad in 18234-25 to perfect the work and began printing May 8 1827.Webster set a new standard for entymological investigation and for accuracy of definition 'a born definer of words'-Sir James Murray and included 70000 words as against the 58000 of any previous dictionary. There were 2500 copies printed in boards uncut or full calf.Webster wrote every word of the manuscript of the dictionary himself" Grolier 100 American. "This dictionary which almost at once became and has remained the standard English dictionary in the United States was the end-product of a stream of spelling books grammars readers and dictionaries which flowed from the pen of the industrious Noah Webster.Webster's great dictionary all the 70000 entries of which he wrote with his own hand has been reprinted and brought up to date innumerable times.the book marked a definite advance in modern lexicography as it included many non-literary terms and paid great attention to the language actually spoken. Moreover his definitions of the meaning of words were accurate and concise Sir James Murray editor of the Oxford English Dictionary called him 'a born definer of words' and have for the greater part stood the test of time superbly well" Printing and the Mind of Man. Grolier 100 American 36. Printing and the Mind of Man 291. Sabin 102335. Skeel 583. HBS 69678. $40000. Published by S. Converse. Printed by Hezekiah Howe.. unknown