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AN AMERICAN DICTIONARY OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE by WEBSTER, NOAH - 1828
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New York: Published by S. Converse, Printed by Hezekiah Howe, New Haven, 1828. FIRST EDITION n. Hardcover. An Unusually Clean, Fresh Copy of PerhapsThe Greatest Bestselling American Book. 289 x 225 mm (11 3/8 x 8 7/8"). Including the terminal leaf (not infrequently missing) of "Additions" in the second volume. Two volumes. FIRST EDITION. Contemporary marbled boards expertly and convincingly rebacked and recornered by Courtland Benson using diced Russia of the period, spines divided into panels by double gilt rules, gilt titling. Engraved frontispiece portrait of the author in volume I. PMM 291; Skeel 583; Grolier "American Books" 36; Sabin 102335. Paper boards a bit chafed, two-inch abrasion to leather on lower board of volume I, but the artfully and cleverly restored retrospective bindings showing no important wear at the same time that they retain their period feel. Two gatherings (only) with significant foxing (frontispiece, title and a few leaves here and there with quite minor foxing), other trivial imperfections, but altogether pleasing internally, the text remarkably fresh and clean. AN ESPECIALLY FINE COPY that looks very attractive on the shelf. Perhaps the all-time greatest American best-seller, Webster's "Dictionary" is one of the most famous and best-loved books ever to originate in the United States. Its publication signified that America had come of age in the linguistic field and had developed its own legitimate variety of English speech. Published in a press run of 2,500 copies, our first edition contains more than 70,000 entries, compiled entirely by Webster himself. According to PMM, the dictionary "marked a definite advance in modern lexicography, as it included many non-literary terms and paid great attention to the language actually spoken. Moreover, [Webster's] definitions of the meaning of words were accurate and concise and have for the greater part stood the test of time superbly well. In fact, Webster succeeded in breaking the fetters imposed upon American English by Dr. Johnson . . . to the ultimate benefit of the living languages of both countries." The book sold rather poorly at first, but its authority was gradually established, and its updated versions have remained a staple of American reference libraries ever since. Noah Webster (1758-1843) was born in West Hartford, Connecticut, and attended Yale University during the period of the Revolutionary War. Trained as a lawyer, he decided to become a schoolteacher and journalist. The first literary fruit of his teaching career was a spelling book published in 1782. Grammatical works followed, and on a visit to Philadelphia, he discussed with Ben Franklin the need for establishing an American standard spelling. Webster published a small "Compendious Dictionary of the English Language" in 1806, an appetizer to his great work, which was in gestation for almost 20 years. These two decades of preparation involved Webster's becoming conversant in no fewer than 26 languages, including Sanskrit, and the fruits of his study can be seen not only in the main body of the dictionary, but also in the 88-page prefatory section in volume I, the most important part of which is the author's dissertation "On the Origin, History and Connection of the Languages of Western Asia and of Europe."
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- Date Published 1828
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