1858 Webster's Improved Dictionary of the English Language

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Fine Binding, Leather Binding

Webster's Improved Dictionary, a revised edition of the original An American Dictionary of the English Lanugage, written by eminent American lexicographer Noah Webster. Revised and edited by C.A. Goodrich and Thomas Herber, with additional chapters at the end of each volume by Henry Noel Humphreys and John Stodart. Two volumes, a complete set. Published by William Mackenzie in 1858, fifteen years after Webster's death. First published in 1828. 

In fine red half-calf, with green cloth boards. A decorative title leaf and a frontispiece to volume I. 

Webster's dictionary, which originally took twenty-six years to complete, has today become the most popular and respected English dictionary in the United States, now more popularly known as the Merriam-Webster Dictionary. These two volumes are an updated edition that celebrate his success.

Volume I - Letters A - L, also includes an essay The Origin and Progress of the Art of Writing,  written by Henry Noel Humphreys.
Volume II - Letters M-Z, also includes the essay Comprehending Universal Grammar, written by John Stoddard and revised by William Hazlitt.