A Dictionary of the English Language 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. In Two Volumes. The Fifth Edition.

JOHNSON, Samuel.

Edité par London: for W. Strahan, J. F. & C. Rivington, L. Davis, T. Payne & Son, W. Owen, T. Longman, B. Law [& 19 others], 1784

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First published in 1755, this is the last lifetime edition (Johnson died later that year) of one of the most famous books in the English language, the last of the initial sequence of editions in the original folio format. The text is that of the fourth edition, Johnson's only major revision of his text, with the unabridged entries and citations of usage by those Johnson considered the best authors. Courtney & Nichol Smith p. 57; Printing and the Mind of Man 201. 2 vols, folio (425 x 260 mm). Title-pages in red and black. Contemporary black morocco, skilfully rebacked and relined, boards ruled in gilt with a french fillet, fleurons at corners, decorative roll gilt to turn-ins. Bookplates of Admiral Sir Charles Little (1882-1973). Sides a little scuffed in places, a little spotting and toning towards beginning and end of each volume, small chips at peripheries of initial few leaves of vol. I, an excellent copy.

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• Titre: A Dictionary of the English Language 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. In Two Volumes. The Fifth Edition.
• Éditeur: London: for W. Strahan, J. F. & C. Rivington, L. Davis, T. Payne & Son, W. Owen, T. Longman, B. Law [& 19 others], 1784