The American spelling book : containing an easy standard of pronunciation. : Being the first part of A grammatical institute of the English language. : To which is added, an appendix, containing a moral catechism and a federal catechism. / By Noah Webster, Jun. Esquire, author of "Dissertations on the English language," "Collection of essays and fugitive writings," &c.
| Author/creator | Webster, Noah |
| Other author | Stiles, Ezra, 1727-1795, dedicatee. |
| Other author | Anderson, Alexander, 1775-1870 engraver. |
| Format | Electronic |
| Edition | Thomas & Andrews' twenty-fourth edition. With many corrections and improvements, by the author. |
| Publication Info | Printed at Boston : By Isaiah Thomas and Ebenezer T. Andrews, Faust's staute, no. 45, Newbury Street, sold, wholesale and retail, at their bookstore; by said Thomas, in Worcester, by Thomas, Andrews & Penniman, in Albany; and by Thomas, Andrews & Butler, in Baltimore.--, 1801. |
| Description | x, 1 unnumbered page, 12-156 pages : illustrations, 1 portrait ; 18 cm |
| Supplemental Content | Shaw-Shoemaker Digital Edition |
| Subjects |
| Uniform title | Grammatical institute of the English language. Part 1 |
| Series | Early American imprints. Second series no. 1632. ^A575643 |
| General note | First published under title: A grammatical institute of the English language ... part 1. |
| General note | Running title: An easy standard of pronunciation. |
| General note | Some illustrations engraved by Alexander Anderson. Cf. Skeel. |
| General note | Copyright Oct. 7, 1790, by Isaiah Thomas and Ebenezer T. Andrews. |
| General note | Dedicated to Rev. Ezra Stiles. |
| General note | Pagination includes frontispiece portrait of Webster pasted as endpaper to upper cover. |
| General note | "A short introduction to grammar: being an abridgment of the second part of the Institute."--p. [125]-144. |
| General note | "Appendix," p. 145-156, contains "A moral catechism: or Lessons for Saturday" and "A federal catechism. Containing a short explanation of the Constitution of the United States of America, and the principles of government." |
| General note | Publisher's "Advertisement" for correct and uniform editions of all three parts of the Institute, verso of title page. |
| References | Shaw & Shoemaker 1632 |
| References | Skeel, E.E.F. Webster, 63 |
| Other forms | Microform version available in the Readex Early American Imprints series. |
| Reproduction note | Electronic text and image data. [Chester, Vt. : Readex, a division of Newsbank, Inc., 2004-2007] Includes files in TIFF, GIF and PDF formats with inclusion of keyword searchable text. (Early American imprints. Second series ; no. 1632). |
| Genre/form | Readers. |
| Genre/form | Spellers. |
| Genre/form | Juvenile literature 1801. |
| Genre/form | Fables 1801. |
| Genre/form | Questions and answers. |
| Genre/form | Publishers' advertisements Massachusetts Boston. |
| Other title | An easy standard of pronunciation. |
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