A Galic and English Dictionary. Containing all the Words in the Scotch and Irish Dialects of the Celtic, that could be collected from the Voice, and Old Books and MSS

by Rev. William Shaw, A. M.

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First edition

First edition. 2 vols. 4to 295 x 220 mm. . Untrimmed in original boards, with a little toning, few spots at ends, boards and free endpapers working loose, spines chipped with backstrips partially lacking. Cloth dropbox. Item #259590 Shaw has come to prominence partly through his friendship with Samuel Johnson, to whom he was introduced in London in 1774. Johnson encouraged him to publish An Analysis of the

• Binding: Hardcover

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