An essay upon the harmony of language, intended principally to illustrate that of the English language

by William Mitford

$175 · Offered by Rulon-Miller Books

First edition

London: printed by Scott for J. Robson, 1774. First edition, 8vo, pp. iv, 288; contemporary quarter green straight-grain morocco over marbled boards; quite worn, but sound. A second edition, with improvements and large additions was published in 1804. Mitford 1744-1827 was the author of a popular history of Greece as well as a number of other works on various topics. His Inquiry appears to be his only philological work. Alston VI, 459. Item #14652

• Binding: Leather

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