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 shewn, but where words are subject to different pronunciations, the reasons for each are at large displayed, and the preferable pronunciation is pointed out

Dublin: printed for P. Wogan, Old-Bridge; and W. Jones, Dame-Street, 1794. Second Irish edition (first published in Dublin in 1792); 8vo, pp. xx, 77, [1], [946]; contemporary half calf over marbled boards, gilt-lettered direct on spine; slight cracking of the spine but in all a good, sound copy, or better. Early ownership signatures of "Wm. Ellery Sedgwick" on front free endpaper and "William Ellery, Jun. 1802" on title page. William Ellery, Jun. (1727-1820) was the signer of the Declaration of Independence from Rhode Island. William Ellery Sedgwick (1825-1873) was his nephew. "Probably a reissue of the 1792 Dublin edition" (ESTC). Alston V, 337. OCLC (truncated) locates 15 copies worldwide, 2 of which contain a subscribers' list which is not present in this copy. (Inventory #: 64460)