Pictorial Webster's - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Pictorial Webster's write by John M. Carrera. This book was released on 2013-05-21. Pictorial Webster's available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Featuring over 1,500 engravings that originally graced the pages of Webster's dictionaries in the 19th century, this volume is an irresistible treasure trove for art lovers, designers, and anyone with an interest in visual history. Meticulously cleaned and restored by fine-press bookmaker Johnny Carrera, the engravings in Pictorial Webster's have been compiled into an alluring and unusual visual reference guide for the modern day. Images range from the entirely mysterious to the classically iconic. From Acorns to Zebras, Bell Jars to Velocipedes, these alphabetically arranged archetypes and curiosities create enigmatic juxtapositions and illustrate the items deemed important to the Victorian mind. Sure to inspire and delight, Pictorial Webster's is at once a fascinating historical record and a stunning jewel of a book.
Pictorial Webster's Pocket Dictionary
Pictorial Webster's Pocket Dictionary - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Pictorial Webster's Pocket Dictionary write by John M. Carrera. This book was released on 2012-08-22. Pictorial Webster's Pocket Dictionary available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Since its publication in 2009, Pictorial Webster's has captivated legions of readers with its vintage charm. Now a selection of over 200 gorgeous engravings that once graced the pages of 19th-century Webster's dictionaries are gathered in this tiny treasure trove of visual wonders. This compact, portable reference is perfect for stuffing in the stockings of scholars, designers, and anyone with a taste for the antique. Ranging from the mysterious to the iconic, the visual curiosities in this pocket-sized volume offer a wellspring of creative inspiration. With a tactile package that reproduces the old-world allure of the original, Pictorial Webster's Pocket Dictionary is a little gem of a book.
Pictorial Webster's Pocket Dictionary
Pictorial Webster's Pocket Dictionary - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Pictorial Webster's Pocket Dictionary write by John M. Carrera. This book was released on 2012-08-10. Pictorial Webster's Pocket Dictionary available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Since its publication in 2009, Pictorial Webster's has captivated legions of readers with its vintage charm. Now a selection of over 200 gorgeous engravings that once graced the pages of 19th-century Webster's dictionaries are gathered in this treasure trove of visual wonders. This short reference book is perfect for scholars, designers, and anyone with a taste for the antique. Ranging from the mysterious to the iconic, the visual curiosities in this volume offer a wellspring of creative inspiration.
Merriam-Webster's Reader's Handbook
Merriam-Webster's Reader's Handbook - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Merriam-Webster's Reader's Handbook write by Merriam-Webster, Inc. This book was released on 1997. Merriam-Webster's Reader's Handbook available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. A complete guide to literary terms. - More than 2,000 entries - Descriptions of terms relating to all genres, styles, and eras - Includes the terminology of rhetorical expressions, verse forms, and meter
Noah Webster and the American Dictionary
Noah Webster and the American Dictionary - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Noah Webster and the American Dictionary write by David Micklethwait. This book was released on 2005-01-21. Noah Webster and the American Dictionary available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Noah Webster was described by the publisher of a competing dictionary as "a vain ... plodding Yankee, who aspired to be a second Johnson"--a criticism that rings mostly true. He was certainly vain and, born in Connecticut, undeniably a Yankee. Moreover, though he referred to Johnson's Dictionary of the English Language as a "barren desart of philology," the American lexicographer relied heavily on the book during the creation of his own American Dictionary, going so far as to filch whole sections. And few would seem more "plodding" than Webster, who was positively obsessed with collecting and preserving bits of information. He kept records of the weather, carefully logged the number of houses in every new town he passed through, filed away every scrap of his writing and everything written about him, and filled the margins of his books with references, dates and corrections. The proud Yankee's sensibilities, however, also made him a fine lexicographer. Generally credited with distinguishing American spelling and usage from British, Webster shunned prescriptive mores and was doggedly loyal to his own language habits, as well as to those of the average American speaker. The book covers Webster's major publications and the influences and methods that shaped them; recounts his life as schoolteacher, copyright law champion, and itinerant lecturer; and examines the Webster legacy. An appendix containing title page reproductions from Webster's books, as well as some from his predecessors and competitors, is also included.
