A general dictionary of the English language. One main object of which, is, to establish a plain and permanent standard of pronunciation. To which is prefixed a rhetorical grammar

by Thomas Sheridan

$1,250 · Offered by Rulon-Miller Books

First edition

London: printed for J. Dodsley, C. Dilly and J. Wilkie, 1780. First edition, 4to, 2 vols., pp. 20 , 64 plus unpaginated lexicon in double column; 4 , unpaginated lexicon, 1 ; complete with the half-titles, the list of subscribers among whom are James Boswell and David Garrick and the list of works published by Sheridan following the final leaf of text; top third of leaf 5C in vol. I torn away the page beginning with the word 'godliness' here supplied in

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