Author: Alfred de Wailly [ed.]
Title: Nouveau Vocabulaire de L&Apos;Academie Francoise
Description: Paris, Chez Tourneuz, 1830 . Leather. The sixteenth edition of this nineteenth century compendium of French language and vocabulary, edited by famed French lexicographer Alfred de Wailly. In the original French.Alphabetically arranged, this work provides words and accompanying definitions, following the spelling conventions enforced by the French Academy. This work includes approximately eight thousand terms connected to sciences and the arts, and further examples of chemical nomenclature.With a contemporary inscription to the front free endpaper. In a full calf binding. Significant rubbing to back strip, joints, and board perimeters. Two small worm holes to tail of front joint, and one small hole to the head of the rear joint. Hinges strained but firmly held. Inscription to front free endpaper. Internally, generally firmly bound. Loss to head of front free endpaper and half title. Pages significantly age toned, with significant spotting throughout, most concentrated at page perimeters. Good . Ill.: None. Good .

Keywords: french dictionary New vocabulary of the French Academy Alfred de Wailly lexicography New vocabulary of the French Academy None


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