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NATHAN BAILEY
An Universal Etymological English Dictionary ... three and twentieth edition
London: J. Buckland, J. Beecroft, W. Strahan [and others], 1773. 8vo. (8¼ x 4¾; 213 x 118mm) (top margin of title and early quires ink stained, Xxx1 holed with minor loss), 19th-century half calf. Provenance: Sam Davenport (contemporary ownership inscription on title) -- J.W. Goldman (bookplate; lot 20 in his sale at Hodgson's, 24 November 1966, bought in at £5).
First published in 1721. In the 1733 6th edition Bailey's definition of cricket was improved from "a sort of play with a ball" to "a sort of play with bats and a ball". cf. Padwick 862.
An Universal Etymological English Dictionary ... three and twentieth edition
London: J. Buckland, J. Beecroft, W. Strahan [and others], 1773. 8vo. (8¼ x 4¾; 213 x 118mm) (top margin of title and early quires ink stained, Xxx1 holed with minor loss), 19th-century half calf. Provenance: Sam Davenport (contemporary ownership inscription on title) -- J.W. Goldman (bookplate; lot 20 in his sale at Hodgson's, 24 November 1966, bought in at £5).
First published in 1721. In the 1733 6th edition Bailey's definition of cricket was improved from "a sort of play with a ball" to "a sort of play with bats and a ball". cf. Padwick 862.
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