The American phonetic dictionary of the English language. Adapted to the present state of literature and science...with a general introduction

by A. J. Ellis by Dan S. Smalley

$250 · Offered by Rulon-Miller Books · No longer available

Cincinnati: Longley Brothers, et al. , 1855. Only edition of the first phonetic dictionary, and the only phonetic dictionary published in America in the 19th century; 8vo, pp. xl, 776; lexicon in double column; 2 plates of phonetic alphabets; publisher's full black blindstamped morocco, gilt-lettered direct on gilt-decorated spine; rubbed at the extremities, rear joint starting, else very good. Prefaced to the lexicon is a memoir of Nathaniel Storrs who

• Binding: Leather

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