A critical pronouncing dictionary and expositor of the English language:. in which, not only the meaning of every word is clearly explained, and the sound of every syllable distinctly shown, but, where words are subject to different pronunciations, the authorities of our best pronouncing dictionaries are fully exhibited, the reasons for each are at large displayed, and the preferable pronunciation is pointed out. To which are prefixed, principles of English pronunciation ... the whole interspersed with observations, etymological, critical, and grammatical, /
John Walker (1732 - 1807)
Category
Books
Date
1922
Materials
Place of origin
London
Collection
Ty Mawr Wybrnant, Conwy
NT 3191628
Summary
Bibliographic description
viii, 9-61, [3], 712 p. ; 22cm. Provenance: Inscribed on titlepage: "W. Hughes fr. 1828"; inscribed on upper flyleaf: "(Huw Williams)" [brackets in inscription]. Binding: Nineteenth-century publisher's half calf on marbled paper, gilt lettered on spine.
Makers and roles
John Walker (1732 - 1807), author