Author: Samuel Johnson
Title: A Dictionary of the English Language: In Which the Words Are Deduced from Their Originals and Illustrated in Their Different Significant by Examples from the Best Writers. To Which Are Prefixed a History of the Language and an English Grammar
Description: London, Harrison and Co, 1786. First edition. Leather. A beautiful edition of Johnson's dictionary, a striking copy of the first edition complete in one volume. The first edition to be published in one volume, published by Harrison & Co. This immense work has previously always been published in two volumes.Very smartly rebound in a half calf binding with marbled paper to the boards, and a pretty gilt decoration to the spine. Bound by the Athene Bindery in 2002.Illustrated with a portrait frontispiece.Register runs as [1], a-d2, [A1], B2, C1, [14], C2, D-12O2.ESTC citation number T116651.Collated, complete.'A Dictionary of the English Language' is one of the most influential dictionaries in the history of the English language, and was the pre-eminent English dictionary under the 'Oxford English Dictionary' was completed one-hundred and seventy-three years after Johnson's was published.Johnson took around seven years to complete this dictionary, and worked on it single-handedly.'A History of the Language' and 'An English Grammar' are prefixed.Samuel Johnson was a noted English author of the eighteenth century, well perceived in his friend James Boswell's 'The Life of Samuel Johnson', which is considered to be one of the most important biographies ever written. In a half calf binding with marbled paper to the bounds, bound by the Athene Bindery. Externally, very smart. Only a couple of very light marks. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very lightly age toned and clean with only a few occasional spots. Tide mark to the margin from the frontispiece to leaf 4C, a light tide mark which is heavier only to the first few pages. Frontispiece is a little edge worn with some repairs to the reverse. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: Not Stated. Very Good Indeed .
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Title: A Dictionary of the English Language: In Which the Words Are Deduced from Their Originals and Illustrated in Their Different Significant by Examples from the Best Writers. To Which Are Prefixed a History of the Language and an English Grammar
Description: London, Harrison and Co, 1786. First edition. Leather. A beautiful edition of Johnson's dictionary, a striking copy of the first edition complete in one volume. The first edition to be published in one volume, published by Harrison & Co. This immense work has previously always been published in two volumes.Very smartly rebound in a half calf binding with marbled paper to the boards, and a pretty gilt decoration to the spine. Bound by the Athene Bindery in 2002.Illustrated with a portrait frontispiece.Register runs as [1], a-d2, [A1], B2, C1, [14], C2, D-12O2.ESTC citation number T116651.Collated, complete.'A Dictionary of the English Language' is one of the most influential dictionaries in the history of the English language, and was the pre-eminent English dictionary under the 'Oxford English Dictionary' was completed one-hundred and seventy-three years after Johnson's was published.Johnson took around seven years to complete this dictionary, and worked on it single-handedly.'A History of the Language' and 'An English Grammar' are prefixed.Samuel Johnson was a noted English author of the eighteenth century, well perceived in his friend James Boswell's 'The Life of Samuel Johnson', which is considered to be one of the most important biographies ever written. In a half calf binding with marbled paper to the bounds, bound by the Athene Bindery. Externally, very smart. Only a couple of very light marks. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very lightly age toned and clean with only a few occasional spots. Tide mark to the margin from the frontispiece to leaf 4C, a light tide mark which is heavier only to the first few pages. Frontispiece is a little edge worn with some repairs to the reverse. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: Not Stated. Very Good Indeed .
Keywords: A Dictionary of the English Language dictionary english language dictionary Not Stated
Price: GBP 3250.00 = appr. US$ 4640.95 Seller: Rooke Books
- Book number: 835P13D
- Book number: 835P13D
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