1819. Murray, Lindley. An English Grammar, Comprehending Principles, Rules, NY.

Description: An English Grammar, Comprehending the Principles and Rules of the Language, Illustrated by Appropriate Exercises . . ., Lindley Murray, New York: Collins and Co. 1819. Two volumes in one. Fourth Edition. Corrected and Much Enlarged. Please note that this is not the more common "abridgment" nor is it the more common grammar "adapted to the different classes of learners." Vol I: xiv [2] 376 pp. Vol II: viii, 298 pp. [plus 10 pp of recommendations and ads]. Each volume has its own title page with the same imprint. Condition: Full Calf scuffed and worn but still handsome with raised bands, gilt rules and red gilt label on spine. Gilt greek key on binding edges. Binding tight. Interior clean. Varying degrees of foxing and darkening, especially in Vol I. Front and back free endpapers missing. Please see photos. A nice example of an Early American Imprint (before 1820) and a culturally and historically significant work. Lindley Murray was an American Quaker lawyer and grammarian. His works are among the early texts written by Americans that began to displace long-used texts from Britain, and in fact his English Grammar became very popular in England as well as in the United States.

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