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G+, 1st ed, 1817. In a 20c paper spine, with a printed label, over contemporary worn boards, corners & edges lightly bumped & worn. Spine, ink title to new paper label. Internally, complete, [4], [2] preface, [2] subscribers, [1], (ii-iii), [1], C-I2, K-U2, X-Ii2, Kk-Qqq2, Rr-Uu2, Xx-Iii2, Kkk-Qqq2, Rrr-Uuu2, Xxx-4I2, 4K-4Q2, 4R-4U2, 4X-5I2, 5K-5Q2, 5R-5U2, 5X-6I2, 6K-6O2, A-G2 or [1], 2-28 pp. (A-G2 is the Grammar). Title page is watermarked 1815, preface & dictionary watermarked 1814, text block edges uncut, some edge browning, 1 small margin tear (5H1), new (old) endpapers, printed by J Barlow. Bookplate to fpd (Sal Ve Lowenac - Camborne), 2 columns per page. (Folio, 225*285 cms). (Allibone 1460 & 2329). O'Reilly was appointed assistant secretary to the Iberno-Celtic Society on its foundation with the purpose of preserving and promoting Irish Literature. Title Continues: containing upwards of twenty thousand words that have never appeared in any former Irish lexicon, with copious quotations from the most esteemed ancient and modern writers, to elucidate the meaning of obscure words, and numerous comparisons of Irish words with those of similar orthography, sense, or sound in the Welsh and Hebrew languages . ; to which is annexed a compendious Irish Grammar.
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