Webster, Noah; A Compendious Dictionary of the English Language; in Which, Five Thousand Words Are Added to the Number Found in the Best English Compends; the Orthography Is, in Some Instances, Corrected; the Pronunciation Marked by an Accent or Other Suitable Direction; and the Definitions of Many Words Amended and Improved; to Which Are Added for the Benefit of the Merchant, the Student, and the Traveller, I. Tables of the Moneys . , II. Tables of Weights and Measures . , III. Divisons of Time . , IV. An Official List of the Post-Offices in the United States . , V. The Number of Inhabitants in the United States, with the Amount of Exports, IV [i.e., VI]. New and Interesting Chronological Tables of Remarkable Events and Discoveries. First edition. Sydney's Press for Hudson & Goodwin,, Hartford.....(CT):, 1806.  Octavo, pp. xxiii, (1), 408 pp.

This rare work is complete and in the original calf with gilt titles. The binding is tight, titles are bright, scuffing to boards. Text is lightly toned. In very good condition.

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Noah Webster (October 16, 1758 – May 28, 1843) was an American lexicographer, textbook pioneer, political writer, editor, and author. He has been called the "Father of American Scholarship and Education." His blue-backed speller books taught five generations of children in the United States how to spell and read, and made their education more secular and less religious. In the U.S. his name became synonymous with "dictionary," especially the modern Merriam-Webster dictionary that was first published in 1828 as An American Dictionary of the English Language.
With his dictionary, Webster hoped to standardize American speech, since Americans in different parts of the country used different languages. They also spelled, pronounced, and used English words differently. Thus Webster published A Compendious Dictionary of the English Language in 1806 and that work  laid the foundation for his 1828 work. Nice copies of the work are quite rare.