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A dictionary of the English language: by SAMUEL JOHNSON

Offered by: Shapero Gallery

Description
in which the words are deduced from their originals, and illustrated in their different significations by examples from the best writers. To which are prefixed a history of the language, and an English grammar.
Stock Code 107491
London, J. Johnson [and others], 1799
£2,250
A very attractive eighteenth century edition of Samuel Johnson's masterpiece, and the most famous dictionary of the English language.

The eighth edition; corrected and revised, 2 vols, 4to, engraved portrait frontispiece, contemporary sprinkled calf gilt, red and black morocco labels, an excellent set.

Bibliography
Alston V 191; Fleeman 55.4D/12.

Stock ID:107491

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