Dictionarium Anglo Britannicum Or A General English Dictionary Comprehending A Brief But

by John Kersey

$1,250 · Offered by Rulon-Miller Books

First edition

London: printed by J. Wilde, for J. Phillips et al. , 1708. First edition of the first abridged dictionary, 8vo, unpaginated collated and complete ; later full tree calf, rebacked, old gilt spine and red morocco label laid down; title page soiled, else very good and sound. Alston V, 91 an unconfessed abridgement of Kersey's revision of Phillip's dictionary - the New World of English Words, 1706 - although it contains much dialectal material not found in

• Binding: Leather

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