Jamieson's Dictionary of the Scottish Language; in which the Words are Explained in their Different Senses, Authorized by the Names of the Writers by Whom They are Used, or the Titles of the Works in Which They Occur, and Derived from their Originals., A New Edition, Revised and Enlarged by John Longmuir by [JAMIESON, John], John JOHNSTON, [abridged by]. John LONGMUIR - 1867

Edinburgh: William P. Nimmo, 1867. Half Bound Leather. Very good. 8vo; lx, 635pp; half-bound in brown leather and pebbled brown cloth; 5 banded spine, gilt stamped title and ornaments to spine; red sprinkled edges; clipping affixed to two fly-leaves; dedication page to His Royal Highness Alfred, Duke of Edinburgh; scuffing to spine with fading of gilt, endpapers have glue burn, light age-toning of paper; very good. A two-page editor's preface, a nine-page memoir of Dr. Jamieson, and 40 pages on the Origin of the Scottish Language precede the standard dictionary format of word and meaning. Starting with the letter A and AE and ending with YULE-STEEK, the dictionary explores the language.