1727 An Universal Etymological English Dictionary Nathan Bailey 1st Ed 2nd Vol

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1727 An Universal Etymological English Dictionary By Nathan Bailey Being Also An Interpreter of Hard Words Baileys Dictionary was one of the first monolingual English Dictionaries to Focus on defining words in common usage rather than difficult words This copy is missing the title page but looks to be the second vol of which was added some translations of words in Greek and Hebrew with this volume being used in conjunction with the first edition (vol 1) in 1721 Extremely scarce copy of this early most important and recognised 18th century dictionary This copy has no front or back boards and the book ends at "ZO" Also lacking Title page Most pages in good order some browning and creasing Europe £7.39 w/wide £12.49