JOHNSON, SAMUEL. A Dictionary of the English Language. London: W. Strahan for J. and P. Knapton [etc.] 1755. 2 vols., folio, 397 x 254 mm. (15 5/8 x 10in.), early nineteenth-century calf, black ink fillets and blind stamping, rebacked, corners restored, covers lacquered, upper inner joint of vol. 1 cracked causing minor tears to gutter of title, title-leaf of vol. 1 with minor repaired tear near imprint, a few leaves spotted. FIRST EDITION, titles printed in red and black. Grolier English 50; PMM 201; Rothschild 1237. Internally an attractive copy. "Dr. Johnson performed with his Dictionary the most amazing, enduring and endearing one-man feat in the field of lexicography" -- Printing and the Mind of Man . (2)
JOHNSON, SAMUEL. A Dictionary of the English Language. London: W. Strahan for J. and P. Knapton [etc.] 1755. 2 vols., folio, 397 x 254 mm. (15 5/8 x 10in.), early nineteenth-century calf, black ink fillets and blind stamping, rebacked, corners restored, covers lacquered, upper inner joint of vol. 1 cracked causing minor tears to gutter of title, title-leaf of vol. 1 with minor repaired tear near imprint, a few leaves spotted. FIRST EDITION, titles printed in red and black. Grolier English 50; PMM 201; Rothschild 1237. Internally an attractive copy. "Dr. Johnson performed with his Dictionary the most amazing, enduring and endearing one-man feat in the field of lexicography" -- Printing and the Mind of Man . (2)
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