A COMPLETE AND UNIVERSAL DICTIONARY OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE, COMPREHENDING THE EXPLANATION, PRONUNCIATION ORIGIN AND SYNONYMIES OF EACH WORD; AN EPITONE OF THE HISTORY OF ENGLAND TO THE PRESENT TIME, A DESCRIPTION OF THE COUNTY CITIES AND MARKET TOWNS OF GREAT BRITAIN AND THE KINGDOM STATES PROVINCES AND CITIES IN THE KNOWN WORLD WITH THE VARIETY OF OTHER USEFUL INFORMATION BY THE REVEREND JAMES BARCLAY.
A NEW EDITION, LODGED IMPROVED AND ADAPTED TO THE PRESENT STATE OF SCIENCE. BENGE EDITION PRINTED AND PUBLISHED BY BRIGHTLY AND CHILD’S, 1812
ORIGINAL PAPER COVERED BOARDS, WITH LEATHER SPINE, THICK QUARTO, 10 7/8” x 9”, 928 PAGES, ILLUSTRATED WITH AN ENGRAVED FRONTISPIECE, TITLE PAGE AND 26 FULL-PAGE ENGRAVINGS, BUT NO MAPS. IVE GONE THROUGH EACH PAGE OF THE BOOK AND I COULD NOT SEE ANY REMNANTS OR EVIDENCE OF THE 24 MAPS BEING REMOVED. SO APPARENTLY THE MAPS MUST OF BEEN ABLE TO BE REMOVED EASILY OR THIS COPY WAS NEVER BOUND WITH THE MAPS?
DICTIONARY IS IN THE FOLLOWING CONDITION: BINDING IS ONLY IN POOR TO FAIR, WORN CONDITION WITH THE FRONT COVER BEING DETACHED, BUT PRESENT. THE INTERIOR PAGES AND ENTIRE TEXT BLOCK ARE IN VERY GOOD TO FINE CONDITION, WITH ONLY MODERATE FOXING TO THE FRONTISPIECE AND TITLE-PAGE, SOME MODERATE TO HEAVIER FOXING TO A SMALL AMOUNT OF PAGES, MOSTLY TOWARDS THE REAR OF THE BOOK, AND A COUPLE OF PAGES OF OFFSETTING CAUSED BY THE COLOR BRITISH FLAGS PLATE.
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