The royal standard English dictionary: in which the words are not only rationally divided into syllables, accurately accented, and their part of speech properly distinguished, but likewise by a key to this work
by Perry, William
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Brookfield: E. Merriam & Co., November, 1813. Square 12mo, pp. xii, 491, [1]; publisher's calf, red gilt-lettered spine label; edges rubbed, lacking front free endpaper, upper corners of last two leaves torn away costing page numbers but not text; Merriam Company shelf labels on spine and rubber stamp on verso of title page; good and sound. Bound in, as issued, is An Appendix to the Royal Standard English Dictionary, Brookfield, 1813, pp. [457]-49. American Imprints 29490; Vancil, p. 191.
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- The royal standard English dictionary: in which the words are not only rationally divided into syllables, accurately accented, and their part of speech properly distinguished, but likewise by a key to this work
- Author
- Perry, William
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- E. Merriam & Co., November
- Place of Publication
- Brookfield
- Date Published
- 1813
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