A Dictionary Of The English Language In Which The Words Are Deduced From Their Originals And

by Samuel Johnson Dr

$8,500 · Offered by Rulon-Miller Books

London: printed by W. Strahan for J. and P. Knapton, 1755-6. Second edition, 2 volumes, folio, modern quarter brown calf over marbled boards, red and black morocco labels on gilt-decorated spines; a nice copy in a modern binding. From the library of the Johnsonian scholar, Gwin Kolb. The second edition is virtually identical to the first, except that the words second edition have been added to the title pages and the second volume is dated 1756. Published in

• Binding: Leather

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