A Dictionary of the English Language

Samuel Johnson; David Fleeman; Brian O'Kill

Published by Longmans, London, 1990

A bright facsimile of the first edition of Johnson's 'Dictionary', a brilliant example of this important work. A striking facsimile edition of Samuel Johnson's 'A Dictionary of the English Language', a faithful facsimile of the first 1775 edition.Complete in two volumes, in the original slipcase. Slipcase is in a fine condition.'A Dictionary of the English Language' is one of the most influential dictionaries in the historyof the English language, and was the pre-eminent English dictionary under the 'Oxford English Dictionary' was completed one-hundred and seventy-three years after Johnson's was published.Johnson took around seven years to complete this dictionary, and worked on it single-handedly.'A History of the Language' and 'An English Grammar' are prefixed.Volume I includes A-K, Volume II includes L-Z.Samuel Johnson was a noted English author of the eighteenth century, well perceivedin his friend James Boswell's 'The Life of Samuel Johnson', which is considered to be one of the most important biographies ever written.Complete with the two additional booklets, 'The Genesis of Johnson's Dictionary' by Dr. David Fleeman, and 'The Lexicographic Achievement of Johnson' by Dr. Brian O'Kill. In the publisher's original full Cabra red bonded leather and with the original cloth slipcase. Externally, fine. Internally firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Slipcase is very lightly bumped to the extremities, otherwise in a fine condition. Fine. Seller Inventory # 924P13D

Bibliographic Details

Title: A Dictionary of the English Language
Publisher: Longmans, London
Publication Date: 1990
Binding: Leather
Illustrator: None
Condition: Fine
Book Type: book