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 English dictionary, 8vo, unpaginated, collating: A2 B-Z4 2a-2h4 2A-3N4 4A-4O4 4P2 4Q-4X4; contemporary paneled calf, neat 20th century rebacking, red leather label on spine; front free endpaper and title page guarded; else very good and sound. With the ownership signature of Eliza Beale 1708 on both the front and rear pastedown, and Eliza Alston 1726 same hand on

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