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

$2,000 · Offered by Rulon-Miller Books

First edition

London: printed for J. Dodsley and 2 others , 1780. First edition, 4to, 2 vols., * 2 A-D2 a-q2 B-6F2; * 2 B-6D2 6E4; 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; extremities rubbed and worn, else a very good, sound copy in full contemporary calf, neatly rebacked and preserving the original spines and the red and green

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