Item #43020 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 By Samuel Johnson. In Two Volumes. Samuel JOHNSON.
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 By Samuel Johnson. In Two Volumes.
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 By Samuel Johnson. In Two Volumes.
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 By Samuel Johnson. In Two Volumes.
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 By Samuel Johnson. In Two Volumes.

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 By Samuel Johnson. In Two Volumes.

London: Printed by W. Strahan, for W. J. & F. Rivington, T. Davies... 1785. The Sixth Edition. Quarto. 28cm, in 2 large thick volumes, not paginated, printed in double columns, small chip to the top front title page corner, frontispiece, preface, and title pages are foxed, otherwise text is relatively clean, rebacked with new spines while keeping the original boards, new endpapers, some edge wear, corners bumped, a very good set. Item #43020

Printing and the Mind of Man 201 (First Edition). "Johnson introduced into English lexicography principles which had already been accepted in Europe but were quite novel in mid-eighteenth century England. He codified the spelling of English words; he gave full and lucid definitions of their meanings. and he adduced extensive and apt illustrations from a wide range of authoritative writers." Chapman & Hazen, 138.

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