A Dictionary of the English Language: in which the words are deduced from their originals, and illustrated in their different significations

by examples from the best writers by Samuel Johnson

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First edition

First edition. Title pages printed in red and black. Text printed in two columns. 2 vols. Folio 407 x 248 mm. . Contemporary calf gilt. Rebacked retaining original backstrips, endpapers renewed. Corners somewhat worn, title pages creased vol. I with blank lower outer corner restored ; occasional foxing at times pronounced , chiefly in first volume, scattered light stains and early marginalia. Old repairs to last 3 leaves of vol. II margins of 3IB; three

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