Lexiphanes A Dialogue Being An Attempt To Restore The English Tongue To Its Antient Purity And To

by Samuel Johnson Archibald Campbell

$250 · Offered by James Cummins Bookseller

Third edition corrected. 1 vols. 12mo. Contemporary sheep, spine and corners worn, free endpapers and blanks at front removed, some browning and soiling. With 2 pages comments at back by G.H. Birks Thorne, and the signature of William Birks Thorne, April 16 1852. Courtney pp. 27-28. Item #28220 Anti-Johnson. Written in response to Johnson's reception and recognition as the best model of writing, and the only

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