BY DR SAMUEL JOHNSON :

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.....In Two Volumes. Eighth edition.

J.F. and C. Rivington and 15 others. LONDON 1786

Thick octavo; unpaginated. Two volumes bound into one, complete. Contempoerary full tree calf, the spine with five raised bands, red lettering piece, plain compartments. Upper hinge slightly cracked but the board is attached, corners sl bumped, vertical crease to spine, cracked at the top. Armorial bookplate of Henry Yarburgh. Good copy of the eighth edition. ESTC T83956.