William D. Whitney - The Century Dictionary, an Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language - parts I+II+III (of a total of 6 parts) - New York, The Century Co., 1889 - 1st edition - XVIII+1200+VI+continuous pagination 1201>2422(1222p.)+VI+continuous pagination 2423>3556(1134p.) - Hardcover: leather binding with decoratively embossed boards and spine with gold inlay on the front cover, with marbled edges and endpapers, with decorative initials and culs-de-lampe - 25.90x33.80cm - Good copies: text block virtually clean and blank, wear and signs of use on the cover (mainly at the edges), gold printing on the spines partially weathered.

• William Dwight Whitney (1827–1894) was an American linguist, philologist, and lexicographer known for his work on Sanskrit grammar and Vedic philology as well as his influential view of language as a social institution. He was professor of comparative philology & Sanskrit in Yale University. He was also the first president of the American Philological Association and editor-in-chief of "The Century Dictionary".
• The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia is one of the largest encyclopedic dictionaries of the English language. It was compared favorably with the Oxford English Dictionary, and frequently consulted for more factual information than would normally be the case for a dictionary.

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