Lot 236
Dictionary--Murray, James A.H.
Rare Books, Maps, Manuscripts & Photographs
Auction: 10 January 2007 at 11:00 GMT
£359
Description
A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1888-1933, 13 volumes including Supplement, first edition, 4to, publisher's maroon half morocco, spines gilt, head and tail of several spines rubbed, one board detached, two boards reattached
Footnote
Note: First edition of the Oxford English Dictionary, a monumental work of scholarship.