A DICTIONARY OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE: In Which are Deduced From Their Originals, and Illustrated in Their Different Significations by Examples From the Best Writers. To Which are Prefixed a History of the Language, and An English Grammar. [Bound with] A SUPPLEMENT to Johnson’s English Dictionary: Of Which the Palpable Errors are Attempted to be Rectified, and its Material Omissions Supplied by George Mason.

Author: Johnson, Samuel.
Title: A DICTIONARY OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE: In Which are Deduced From Their Originals, and Illustrated in Their Different Significations by Examples From the Best Writers. To Which are Prefixed a History of the Language, and An English Grammar. [Bound with] A SUPPLEMENT to Johnson’s English Dictionary: Of Which the Palpable Errors are Attempted to be Rectified, and its Material Omissions Supplied by George Mason.
Description: Printed for F.C. and J. Rivington ..., 1816. [with] 1801. 11th Ed. Corrected and Revised. 2 vols. 4to. T.p. + (a-i2]). + (B-[6S4]) + (T.p. + (B-[604]) + T.p. + [ii] + (a-[Ff4]). Engraved port. frontis. Some light browning, a.e. marbled, rebound by Temple Bindery in gilt rule edged calf backed cloth boards, gilt lettered labels and gilt ruling to spine. ¶ ODNB ‘... Mason's belligerent Supplement to Johnson's English Dictionary (1801), intended to rectify Johnson's 'palpable errors' and supply his 'material omissions', received a hostile notice in the British Critic ...’

Keywords: LITERATURE; GENERAL SURVEYS

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