Author: JOHNSON SAMUEL
Title: A Dictionary of the English language: in which the words are deduced from their originals . to which are prefixed a history of the language, and an English grammar.
Description: London, Printed for W. Strahan, for W. Strahan, J. & F. Rivington, Etc. 1784, Fifth Edition. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. Complete in 2 volumes. Books measure 44x27.cm. Unpaginated. Bound in modern full leather, panelled boards, raised bands, gilt tooling, leather labels, marble endpapers. Bindings in near fine condition. Internally, some minor repairs of nicks, soiling, staining to top margin of about 180pp in volume 2, slightly heavier, becoming lighter as pages progress. Generally pages in good condition. A good copy, in near fine bindings. The fifth and final edition of Johnson's Dictionary to be published in his lifetime, and the final edition to be published as a full, unabridged two-volume folio. Very Good.

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