A New Dictionary of the Spanish and English Languages; Wherein the Words are Correctly Explained, Agreeably to their Different Meanings, and a Great Variety of Terms, relating to the Arts, Sciences, Manufactures, Merchandise Navigation and Trade, Elucidated. [Leather Binding ~ Stereotype Edition]

Henry NEUMAN Giuseppe BARETTI

Edité par London: Published by William Kerr and Co, 1841

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London: Published by William Kerr and Co. 1841, Stereotype Edition. A New Dictionary of the Spanish and English Languages; wherein the Words are Correctly Explained, Agreeably to their Different Meanings, and a Great Variety of Terms, relating to the Arts, Sciences, Manufactures, Merchandise, Navigation, and Trade, Elucidated. STEREOTYPE EDITION, Carefully Revised, and Enlarged by the Addition of Many Thousand Words Extracted from the Writings of the Most Classical Spanish and English Authors, Many of which are not to be found in Any Other Dictionary of Those Languages; and also Great Additions from the Dictionaries of Connelly and Higgins, The Spanish Academy, &c., &c. To which are added, Directions for Finding the Difference Between the Ancient and Modern Orthography. IN TWO VOLUMES. Vol I: Pp. (4),[iii]-viii,9-723,(1); Vol II: Pp. (2),3-603. Double column. 8vo, full calf, with gilt titles to a black label and gilt letter black volume blocks to spine. Giuseppe Marco Antonio Baretti(b. April 24, 1719, Turin; d. May 5, 1789, London), was an Italian linguist and scholar, who, apart from his work on this Spanish-English dictionary, also co-authored a similar Italian project, as well as other literary and travel treatises. Henry Neuman was the author of "A Marine Pocket-Dictionary" (published in 1799), while also translating Duke de la Rochefoucauld's "Travels in the United States of North America [.] with an authentic account of Lower Canada, 1795, 1796, 1797" (1799).   Condition Report Externally Spine poor condition gilt titles to black labels (chipped), dry and worn with loss to top and base. Joints poor condition split to three of the boards and hanging on by the chords, fourth cracking. Corners fair condition bumped and worn. Boards good condition nice patina. Page edges good condition. See above and photos. Internally Hinges poor condition see joints. Paste downs good condition. End papers good condition. Title good condition Vol I the title has been cropped, both slightly foxed. Pages good condition some foxing. Binding poor condition worn but attractive and contemporary. See photos Publisher: see above. Publication Date: 1841 Binding: Hardback. N° de réf. du vendeur ABE-1505814163713

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Titre : A New Dictionary of the Spanish and English ...

Éditeur : London: Published by William Kerr and Co

Date d'édition : 1841

Reliure : Hardcover

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