Item #20007 A Critical Pronouncing Dictionary and Expositor of the English Language... with A Key to the Classical Pronunciation of Greek, Latin, and Scripture Proper Names. NY Chappaqua, John Walker.

A Critical Pronouncing Dictionary and Expositor of the English Language... with A Key to the Classical Pronunciation of Greek, Latin, and Scripture Proper Names...

New London: William Bolles, 1841. Hardcover. The book is associated with the Washburn family of Chappaqua NY, the copy belonging to Bartholomew R. Washburn (1821-1906), who was coroner for Mt. Pleasant at one point, and who is buried in the Quaker Cemetery at Chappaqua. Original thick 8vo in full brown blind stamped binding, spine gilt, with label. 8vo, 71pp, 609pp, 103pp. A little scattered foxing, some old wormholes on lower foredge, but the worm did not make much headway! A little rubbed, but not overally so. A pleasant copy. Item #20007

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