A dictionary of the English language: in which the words are deduced from the originals … to which are prefixed a history of the language and an English grammar

by Samuel Johnson

$3,250 · Offered by Rulon-Miller Books

London: Harrison and Co., 1786. First one-volume folio Harrison's edition, with a Preface by Harrison on the merits of his edition, and containing a reprinting of Johnson's Plan of a Dictionary, Harrison's Life of Johnson, and Johnson's original preface, history of the language and his English grammar; pp. 84 plus unpaginated lexicon in triple column followed by a sectional title and 3pp. of supplementary words; engraved frontispiece portrait, title page

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