First edition of Dr. Johnson's greatest literary achievement London, 1755 JOHNSON, Samuel (1709-1784). A Dictionary of the English Language in which the words are deduced from their originals, and illustrated in their different significations by examples from the best writers. London: W. Strahan for J. and P. Knapton [et al.], 1755. First edition of Dr. Johnson’s greatest literary achievement and “the most amazing, enduring and endearing one-man feat in the field of lexicography” (PMM). Johnson and his successive amanuenses took just over eight years to list the 40,000 words found in the Dictionary . He illustrated his definitions with over 114,000 quotations garnered from the classics of English literature, even rewriting some to fit his purposes. This first edition of the complete Dictionary was published on 15 April 1755 in a print run of 2,000 copies. Chapman and Hazen p.137; Fleeman I, p.410; PMM 201; Rothschild 1237. Two volumes, folio (410 x 252mm). Titles printed in red and black, woodcut tailpieces (browning along margins of title page and endpapers). Contemporary speckled calf, gilt morocco lettering pieces (rebacked preserving most of original spines, corners renewed).
First edition of Dr. Johnson's greatest literary achievement London, 1755 JOHNSON, Samuel (1709-1784). A Dictionary of the English Language in which the words are deduced from their originals, and illustrated in their different significations by examples from the best writers. London: W. Strahan for J. and P. Knapton [et al.], 1755. First edition of Dr. Johnson’s greatest literary achievement and “the most amazing, enduring and endearing one-man feat in the field of lexicography” (PMM). Johnson and his successive amanuenses took just over eight years to list the 40,000 words found in the Dictionary . He illustrated his definitions with over 114,000 quotations garnered from the classics of English literature, even rewriting some to fit his purposes. This first edition of the complete Dictionary was published on 15 April 1755 in a print run of 2,000 copies. Chapman and Hazen p.137; Fleeman I, p.410; PMM 201; Rothschild 1237. Two volumes, folio (410 x 252mm). Titles printed in red and black, woodcut tailpieces (browning along margins of title page and endpapers). Contemporary speckled calf, gilt morocco lettering pieces (rebacked preserving most of original spines, corners renewed).
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