A Dictionary of the English Language in 2 vols.

by Samuel Johnson

$19,500 · Offered by Whitmore Rare Books

First edition

London: W. Strahan, 1755. First edition. Two large folio volumes 16 5/8 x 9 7/8 inches; 422 x 251 mm. . Unpaginated. Text in double columns. Title-pages printed in red and black. Decorative woodcut tail-pieces. Title-pages with light staining, first title-page A1 with an early faded ink inscription at foot of page and small expert repairs to the fore and lower edge and top left-hand corner with

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