An American Dictionary Of The English Language First Edition In Octavo Containing The Whole

by Noah Webster

$7,500 · Offered by James Cummins Bookseller

Morse, Samuel French B. Second edition, first octavo edition. Engraved portrait frontispiece to vol. I by Asher Brown Durand after Samuel F.B. Morse, no printer's name given. lxxvi, 938; 1004 pp. 2 vols. Large 8vo 10-1/2 x 6 7/8 inches; 269 x 174 mm . Contemporary speckled sheep, contrasting morocco spine labels, marbled endpapers, marbled edges. Covers scuffed, joints worn, some light spotting to text, some worming

• Binding: Leather

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