[Rarebooks] FS: First British Edition of Webster's DICTIONARY OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE, 1832

[Charles Agvent]

WEBSTER, Noah. A DICTIONARY OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE: Intended To 
Exhibit: I. The Origin And The Affinities Of Every English Word, As Far 
As They Have Been Ascertained, With Its Primary Signification, As Now 
Generally Established;-- II. The Orthography And The Pronunciation Of 
Words, As Sanctioned By Reputable Usage, And Where This Usage Is 
Divided, As Determinable By A Reference To The Principle Of Analogy;-- 
III. Accurate And Discriminating Definitions Of Technical And Scientific 
Terms, With Numerous Authorities And Illustrations. To Which Are 
Prefixed An Introductory Dissertation On The Origin, History, And 
Connection Of The Languages Of Western Asia And Of Europe; And A Concise 
Grammar, Philosophical And Practical, Of The English Language. London: 
Black, Young, and Young, 1832. First British Edition. Two quarto (8-1/2" 
x 10-1/2") volumes in early 1/2 calf leather and marbled boards with 
leather corners and gilt-lettered black morocco spine labels. Webster's 
groundbreaking dictionary was originally published in New York, 1828 
with this edition reprinted by E.H. Barker, Esq. pf Thetford, Norfolk, 
from a Copy communicated by the Author, and containing many Manuscript 
Corrections and Additions. In some copies of this First English Edition, 
the title page of the first volume is dated 1831. Largely set in three 
columns. Some foxing to the first and last pages. A bit of wear to the 
spine edges and corners but the binding is tight and firm. Very Good.

PRINTING AND THE MIND OF MAN 291: "Webster was an ardent nationalist and 
he wanted to stress the political separation from Britain by the 
cultivation of a separate American language. Under the influence of his 
friend Benjamin Franklin he turned his attention to 'a reformed mode of 
spelling,' and although he rejected the radical phonetic innovations 
proposed by Franklin, he went far enough to give many printed American 
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