A Dictionary Of The English Language Answering At Once The Purposes Of Rhyming Spelling And

by John Walker

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First edition

London: printed for T. Beckett, corner of the Adelphi, Strand, 1775. First edition of Walker's first dictionary, and the first English dictionary of rhyme;8vo, pp. xxiii, 1 , xxiii, 698 ; P¹ ⁴,a-b⁴,B-4T⁴; lexicon in an unjustified single column; dedicated to David Garrick, for early opportunities of observing his pronunciation on stage ; contemporary full calf, label wanting but the impress of letters still legible; small cracks at extremities

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