A dictionary of the English language: in which the words are deduced from the originals

by Samuel Johnson, Dr

$4,000 · Offered by Rulon-Miller Books

London: printed by W. & A. Strahan; for W. Strahan, J. F. & C. Rivington, L. Davis, T. Payne & Son, W. Owen and 21 others , 1784. Fifth edition, the last to be issued in Johnson's lifetime, and the last of the proprietors' folio editions; 2 volumes, folio, titles printed in red and black, lexicon in double column; full contemporary mottled calf, red and black morocco labels on gilt spines; scuffed and rubbed, upper joint on vol. 2 cracked, cords

  • Binding: Leather

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