A critical pronouncing dictionary, and expositor of the English language ... : to which are prefixed, principles of English pronunciation ... : the whole interspersed with observations, etymological, critical, and grammatical / by John Walker
by Walker, John (1732-1807)
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Edinburgh : printed for Thomas Nelson, 1840. New Edition. Hardback. Very good copy bound in contemporary gilt-blocked, 1/2 leather over marbled boards. Spine bands and panel edges somewhat dulled and rubbed as with age. Corners bumped. Light tanning to margins, with some scattered foxing marks to prelims. Remains quite well-preserved overall. ; 8vo 8"" - 9"" tall; 587 pages; Description: 83, 587p. frontis. (port.) ; 23cm. Subjects: English Language --Phonetics -- Dictionaries -- Early works to 1900. Main dictionary text in double columns.
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- A critical pronouncing dictionary, and expositor of the English language ... : to which are prefixed, principles of English pronunciation ... : the whole interspersed with observations, etymological, critical, and grammatical / by John Walker
- Author
- Walker, John (1732-1807)
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- Hardback
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- Used
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- New Edition
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- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Edinburgh : printed for Thomas Nelson
- Date Published
- 1840
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