Leather covered boards with no titles but small gilt bands on spine. Some edge and corner wear. Book is square and securely bound. Interior pages have some old staining around the edges of the first two endpapers, front and rear but no problems after those pages. ; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 128 pages; This is the revised version of a popular word book and simple dictionary first published in 1796. This edition is labelled the Stereotype Edition and it was revised and prepared by Rev. John Davis, a Corresponding Member of the Grammatical Society of Paris. Books such as this helped codify English spelling and pronunciation.
Title: Carpenter's Scholars' Spelling Assistant The Scholar's Spelling Assistant; Wherein the Words Are Arranged on an Improved Plan, According to Their Respective Principles of Accentuation. in a Manner Calculated to Familiarize the Art of Spelling and Pronunciation, to Remove Difficulties, and to Fac
Edition: Stereotype Edition
Location Published: Belfast, Sims and M'Intyre: 1838
Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Very Good-
Categories: Education
Seller ID: 9064
Keywords: lexicography dictionary spelling vocabulary