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WEBSTER, Noah (1758?1843). A Grammatical Institute of the E...

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WEBSTER, Noah (1758?1843). A Grammatical Institute of the English Language... Boston: Printed by Isaiah Thomas and Ebenezer T. Andrews, 1797. 8vo. Woodcut portrait frontispiece of the author pasted on inside front cover. Contemporary quarter calf, drab paper over wood boards (foot chipped with loss, extremes worn, rear free endpaper torn away at corner). Provenance: Phebe Lay (early signature on K4r). Fifth edition, Part II. A scarce work in any edition printed by the famed American printer, Isaiah Thomas, and even more scarce in a contemporary 18th century American binding.