1785 HUGE Samuel Johnson FAMOUS Dictionary English Language Shakespeare Lexicon

“I hate mankind, for I think myself one of the best of them, and I know how bad I am.”

― Samuel Johnson

A rare 18^th-century printing of Samuel Johnson’s famous English Dictionary. This edition is unpaginated and features a section on grammar unique to the English language. This edition is also considered a highly collectable edition. It includes over 4,000 entries on various subjects such as fashion, food, science, and even sex! Specific spelling examples from Shakespeare are also included in addition to the original and accepted spellings.

Item number: #24890

Price: $1500

JOHNSON, Samuel.

A dictionary of the English language : in which the words are deduced from their originals, explained in their different meanings, and authorized by the names of the writers in whose works they are found. Abstracted from the folio edition, by the author, Samuel Johnson ... To which is prefixed, a grammar of the English language ...

London : Printed for J.F. and C. Rivington…, 1785.

Details:

·       Collation: Complete with all pages; 2 volumes

o   Unpaginated

o   Vol. I – A-K

o   Vol. II – L-Z

·       Language: English

·       Binding: Leather; tight and secure

·       Size: ~11.25in X 9in X 3.25in (29m x 23cm x 8.5cm)

·       Rare and desirable

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