A dictionary of the English language: in which the words are deduced from their originals ... abstracted from the folio edition, by the author, Samuel Johnson, A.M. To which is prefixed a grammar of the English language. The fifth edition, corrected

Author: Johnson, Samuel
Title: A dictionary of the English language: in which the words are deduced from their originals ... abstracted from the folio edition, by the author, Samuel Johnson, A.M. To which is prefixed a grammar of the English language. The fifth edition, corrected
Publication: London: printed for W. Strahan; J. and F. Rivington; J. Hinton; T. Davies; Hawes, Clarke, and Collins; R. Horsefield, [et al.], 1773

Description: 2 volumes, 8vo, pp. [34], [524]; [546]; lexicon in double column; contemporary full calf, gilt-paneled spine, maroon morocco label (missing on volume 1); joints cracked, upper cover loose on volume I, otherwise cords holding, extremities worn; good copy, unrestored. With the early ownership signature in both volumes of "Jacobi Gibbs, Linc. Coll. Oxon 1777." The first octavo was published in London, 1756, abridged by Johnson; Dublin editions followed in 1 volume in 1758 and 1768. Three other 2-volume London editions appeared in 1760, 1766, and 1770 respectively. Alston V, 198; Courtney & Smith, p. 52; Fleeman 56.1DA/8; Vancil, p. 123.

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Subject: Dictionaries, Language

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