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JOHNSON, SAMUEL. A Dictionary of the English Language.

2 volumes. Folio, 415x253 mm, early 19th-century calf, rebacked retaining original backstrips, extremities worn, joints cracked or starting, superficial vertical crack in Volume 2 spine; occasional toning and light foxing, preliminaries a-c2 and d1 (A Grammar of the English Tongue) bound at end of Volume 2, blank corner of 7N1 restored, 15B2 folded backwards. London: W. Strahan for J. and P. Knapton et al., 1755

  • Notes: first edition. Courtney & Nichol Smith, page 54; Printing and the Mind of Man 201; Rothschild 1237.

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