An Abridgment of Ainsworth's Dictionary, English and Latin, for use of Schools

Morell, Thomas. An Abridgment of Ainsworth's Dictionary, English and Latin, designed for the use of Schools. Philadelphia: Uriah Hunt, 1837. [10802] Full brown leather with black leather spine title label, binding with a few stains yet very good with no cracks or damage, 8 3/4 x 5 3/4 inches. Contemporary small peach color paper label inside front cover, "Sold by G. Tracy, Utica." 1028 pages, light foxing, one leaf with horizontal tear; front and back free end papers (blanks) torn with loss. Good. Hardcover. "Carefully corrected and improved from the last London quarto edition by John Carey, LL. D....Stereotyped by B. & J. Collins, N. Y."  This corrected edition by John Carey (1756-1826) was first published in 1816. Carey was an Irish classical scholar, the brother of Mathew Carey, the Philadelphia publisher. Thomas Morell, D.D. (1703-1784), English classical scholar, educated at Eton College and King's College, Cambridge. He was an accomplished librettist, collaborating with Hande