An archaeological dictionary; or classical antiquities of the Jews, Greeks, and Romans, alphabetically arranged

by Wilson Rev, homas

$500 · Offered by Rulon-Miller Books

First edition

London: T. Cadell et al. , 1783. First edition, 8vo, pp. 8 , unpaginated lexicon in double column; contemporary full sheep, unlettered spine with gilt fillets; long vertical crack in spine, spine ends chipped level with text block; good and sound. Dedicated to Samuel Johnson who in fact presented a copy of his Lives of the Poets to Wilson, probably in 1783. The second edition of 1793 printed Johnson's 2-page reply written two years before his death, and also

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