A complete and universal dictionary of the English language comprehending the explanation, pronunciation, origin & synonymies of each word . with a variety of other useful information.A new edition enlarged, improved, & adapted to the present state of science

Barclay, James

Editore: Brightly & Childs, Bungay, 1812

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First Bungay edition, 4to, pp. xxxiii, [1], 927, [1]; engraved title page and frontispiece, 20 engraved hand-colored maps (3 folding), 28 engraved plates; Vancil, p. 18; bound with: A collection of the principal flags of all nations in the world, Bungay: Brightly and Childs, 1813; pp. [2], 15 hand-colored plates; together in full contemporary marbled calf recently rebacked, gilt-spine in 6 compartments, contemporary red morocco gilt-lettered spine label; extremities rubbed and worn, period ownership signatures "W. Robinson" and "J.W. Robinson Junr."; textblock about fine. Barclay's dictionary includes a number of miscellaneous articles, including those on the origin of alphabets, by the Abbot Anselm, a short essay on the origin and antiquity of the English tongue, an English grammar, and sections on the constitution, government and trade of England.

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• Titolo: A complete and universal dictionary of the English language comprehending the explanation, pronunciation, origin & synonymies of each word . with a variety of other useful information.A new edition enlarged, improved, & adapted to the present state of science
• Editore: Brightly & Childs, Bungay
• Data di pubblicazione: 1812
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