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 volumes, π² A - D ² a-q² B-6F²; A - 6D ² 6E ⁴; 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; worm track in bottom margins of last dozen leaves in volume II, occasionally touching a letter or two; else a very

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