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

Dr Samuel Johnson

Published by J. F. and C. Rivington [et al.], London, 1785

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A smart sixth edition of Johnson's dictionary of the English language, in contemporary leather binding. Complete in two volumes. Sixth edition. Originally published in 1755. With portrait frontispiece to volume one. Lacking the half title to volume I. No half title was issued for volume II. A dictionary of the English language, with etymological commentary, a history of the language, and a guide to English grammar. With illustrations of the different uses of word from the best writers of the time. Due to dissatisfaction with the dictionaries of the period, a collection of London bookseller's contracted Johnson to write a dictionary. It took him seven years to complete with only clerical assistance, and he went on to produced several revised editions during his life. Produced by Samuel Johnson, known as Dr. Johnson, an English writer who made lasting contributions as a poet, essayist, playwright, critic, biographer, and lexicographer. He is considered the "most distinguished man of letters in English history" by the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Bound in half calf with patterned boards. Externally, very smart with light shelf wear only. Internally, firmly bound with renewed endpapers. Pages are bright and clean with the odd spot, with scattered spotting to the first and last few pages. Frontispiece sympathetically laid down in repair of previous closed tears. Lacking the half title to volume I. No half title was issued for volume II. Very Good Indeed. Seller Inventory # 876T23

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Title: A Dictionary of the English Language in ...

Publisher: J. F. and C. Rivington [et al.], London

Publication Date: 1785

Binding: Leather

Illustrator: Not Stated

Condition: Very Good Indeed

Book Type: book