An Essay Towards a Real Character, and a Philosophical Language [with] An Alphabetical Dictionary, Wherein all English Words According to Their Various Significations, are Either Referred to Their Places in the Philosophical Tables, of Explained by Such Words as are in Those Tables.

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Two vols. in one. Vol 1: An Essay Towards a Real Character, and a Philosophical Language. Pp. (16),454. 2 foldouts at pp. 442 & 443. foldout at page 186 has been cut and text removed. 4 plates at pages 311, 358, 376, 451; Vol. 2: An Alphabetical Dictionary, Wherein all English Words According to Their Various Significations, are Either Referred to Their Places in the Philosophical Tables, of Explained by Such Words as are in Those Tables. Unpaginated. 160pp. Calf covers and spine worn and scuffed. Front cover lacking as are the title page and prelims of first vol.First Dedication page torn with loss to upper end. Else generally good inernally. First edition of the theologian and natural philosopher's most significant work and a critical text in the history of linguistics, among the earliest systematic proposals for a new universal language to replace Latin. N° de ref. del artículo DAY1039

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