WEBSTER NOAH Dissertations on the English Language

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WEBSTER, NOAH. Dissertations on the English Language. 410 pages plus final blank. 8vo, contemporary calf, moderate wear; moderate foxing; early owners' inscriptions on front free endpaper and title page. Boston, 1789

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An important work, dedicated to Benjamin Franklin, concerning the elements of English as an American language. "As an independent nation, our honor requires us to have a system of our own, in language as well as government" (page 20). Evans 22259; Sabin 102348.