Johnson's Dictionary. 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. . 2 volume set

Johnson, Samuel

Published by The Folio Society, London, 2006

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(More images available on request). In Fine condition with brown slipcase. Light marking to case. Minor rubbing and marking to spines. Some creasing to top corner of 40 pages in volume I (starting on page beginning with 'Disinherison'); not impinging on content. Unpaginated. 410mm x 260mm (16" x 10"). [1164pp]; [1164pp]. . To which are Prefixed, a History of the English Language, and an English Grammar. With John Mullan's 'Johnson's Dictionary: The Making of the Great Book of English' with extracts from the Dictionary. Heavy set extra shipping needed for overseas. Brown hardback half-leather covers with marbled boards.

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Title: Johnson's Dictionary. 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. . 2 volume set
Publisher: The Folio Society, London
Publication Date: 2006
Binding: Hardcover
Edition: Limited facsimile edition 364/1000.
Condition: Fine

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