WEBSTER NOAH A Compendious Dictionary of the English Languag

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WEBSTER, NOAH. A Compendious Dictionary of the English Language. xxiii, [1], 408 pages. 12mo, contemporary calf, moderate wear; moderate foxing, wear and repairs to leaf F3, a few manuscript notes on final page. New Haven, CT, 1806

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first edition of Webster's famous dictionary, the prototype for the 1828 unabridged quarto edition. Webster here introduced numerous phonetic American spellings to the lexicon, such as "jail" for "gaol," "honor" for "honour," and "check" for "cheque." He remains ahead of the curve with others, such as "tung" and "wimmen." Grolier Hundred 36n; Sabin 102347.