A Dictionary Of The English Language In Which The Words Are Deduced From Their Originals
$750 · Offered by Rulon-Miller Books
Philadelphia: Jacob Johnson & Co., 1805. First American edition of Johnson's dictionary, here printed in abridged but not miniature form, and based on the London octavos; thick 8vo, pp. xl, 2 , unpaginated lexicon in double column; full contemporary calf, red morocco label on spine; spine chipped 3/4 at the top, binding scuffed and rubbed, but sound; a good copy, or better. With the early ownership signatures on the flyleaf of Polly and Anne White,
- Binding: Leather
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