An American Dictionary of the English Language; containing the whole vocabulary of the first edition...to which is prefixed an introductorydissertation on the origin...of the languages...with an explanation of the principles on which languages are formed... Revised and Enlarged by Chauncey A. Goodrich..

Springfield: George and Charles Merriam, 1859. Thick, heavy quarto. Original full sheep with morocco spine labels; pink printed endpapers; ccxxxvi,1512pp; engraved frontispiece portrait; includes a section of "Pictorial Illustrations for Webster's Dictionary" and a "Table of Synonyms". Main text in triple column. The endpapers are printed with testimonials and adverts for Webster's works. Overall rubbing and a small chafed area with loss of leather, but no structural damage, to the binding; internally, very fresh and clean, with a few scattered instances of marginal foxing. In all, a sound, Very Good copy in the original binding. Early ownership signature in pencil ("S.N. Bartlett, Dartmouth College," dated 1861); later bookplate of James G. Mead to front flyleaf.