1797 Noah Webster American READER Speller Dictionary Grammar Americana FAMOUS

1797 Noah Webster American READER Speller Dictionary Grammar Americana FAMOUS

The name Webster has become synonymous with dictionary and American language over the last century. Noah Webster sought to create a purely ‘American’ culture that was independent of British claim; he achieved this by creating his dictionary – a work that helped distance American grammar and linguistics from that of Britain.

Webster’s American “Reader” went through numerous editions, titles, and versions, including this 1797 printing of “An American Selection of Lessons in Reading and Speaking”.

Item number: #20158

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WEBSTER, Noah

An American selection of lessons in reading and speaking Calculated to improve the minds and refine the taste of youth

Printed at Boston by Isaiah Thomas and Ebenezer T. Andrews, 1797.

Details:

• Collation: complete with all pages
  • vi, [1], 8-240
• References: Evans 33178
• Provenance: Handwritten – Solomon Richardson, 1800
  • Solomon Richardson (1788-1837) was the son of Ezekiel Richardson, (1760 – 1851) a resident of the Massachusetts Bay Colony and a Private in Cushing’s Regiment of Militia (also known as the 6th Worcester County Militia Regiment). The unit was called up at Westborough, Massachusetts on August 16, 1777, as reinforcements for the Continental Army during the Saratoga Campaign.
• Language: English
• Binding: Leather; tight and secure
• Size: ~6.75in X 4.25in (17cm x 10.5cm)

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