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NEUMAN, HENRY. A new dictionary of the Spanish and English languages, wherein the words are correctly explained, agreeably to their different meanings, and a great variety of terms, relating to the arts, sciences, manafactures, merchandise, navigation, and trade, elucidated. Compiled from the most valuable works of English and Spanish writers.
Philadelphia, printed for A. Small…, and H.C. Cary & I. Lea, 1823. First American edition of any dictionary by Neuman, and incorporating the work of Joseph Baretti, 2 vols., 8vo, 10 preliminary leaves total, plus unpaginated lexicon in double column; some scuffing, else a very good set in full orig. sheep, morocco labels on spine. Neuman's own Spanish-English dictionary began as A Marine Pocket Dictionary of the Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, and German Languages (London, 1799); this was combined with Connelly's Diccionario Nuevo De Las Dos Lenguas Espanola e Inglesa, 1798, in 1802; this in turn was combined in 1817 with the work of Baretti, in which form it went through a number of editions through the middle of the 19th century, both with and without Baretti's name on the title. This American edition, according to the Preface, is taken from the third London edition of 1817--the first to incorporate Baretti. Lowndes II, p. 1661; Collinson, p. 63 (citing the London, 1850) edition); Steiner, p. 86 (note).
Offered for US$ 812.50 by: Rulon-Miller Books ABAA/ILAB - Book number: 1551