The imperial dictionary, English, technological, and scientific; adapted to the present state of literature, science, and art; on the basis of Webster's English dictionary ... illustrated by above two thousand engravings on wood
by Ogilvie, John
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Glasgow, Edinburgh & London: Blackie & Sons, 1851. 2 volumes, large 8vo, pp. [4], lii, 1052; [2], 1271, [1]; text in triple column; engraved frontispiece in volume I, numerous wood-engraved illustrations throughout; contemporary half calf, gilt-paneled spine in 6 compartments, red and green morocco labels in 2; joints and hinges strengthened; all else very good and sound. Bookplate of James Mead, Curator Emeritus of Marine Mammals at the Smithsonian, with two small slips of his manuscript notes laid in. The work was first published in 1850 and as such was the first British dictionary to base itself on Webster. This edition not in Vancil or Kennedy.
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- Title
- The imperial dictionary, English, technological, and scientific; adapted to the present state of literature, science, and art; on the basis of Webster's English dictionary ... illustrated by above two thousand engravings on wood
- Author
- Ogilvie, John
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- Used
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- Blackie & Sons
- Place of Publication
- Glasgow, Edinburgh & London
- Date Published
- 1851
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