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A Dictionary of the English Language: In Which the Words are Deduced from their Origin 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. [2 vols, in 3]
by Johnson, Samuel
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London: G. and J. Offor et al., 1822. Very Good/None as issued. A Dictionary of the English Language: In Which the Words are Deduced from their Origin 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. [2 vols, in 3] London, 1822 Printed for G. and J. Offor et al by Plummer and Brewis, Printers, Love Lane, Eastcheap. 1028, 1083pp. 11.25 x 9 inches. Frontispiece present in volume one plus 12-page preface, 45-page History of the English Language and 14-page Grammar of the English Tongue.
3/4 leather over brown boards with uniform red leather title pastedowns on spine in gilt. All edges marbled. Moderate wear, leather is drying but remains supple. Marbled endpapers. Minor foxing throughout. Tight binding. Very good.
1822 London edition of Johnson's famous dictionary first published in 1755. This set bound in three volumes with a half title page (not found in first two volumes) bound in front of the third volume with manuscript in pen altering Vol. II to Vol. III.
3/4 leather over brown boards with uniform red leather title pastedowns on spine in gilt. All edges marbled. Moderate wear, leather is drying but remains supple. Marbled endpapers. Minor foxing throughout. Tight binding. Very good.
1822 London edition of Johnson's famous dictionary first published in 1755. This set bound in three volumes with a half title page (not found in first two volumes) bound in front of the third volume with manuscript in pen altering Vol. II to Vol. III.
Synopsis
Surprising, colorful, and long-forgotten entries from the most famous dictionary in the history of the English language Samuel Johnson's best-known work, A Dictionary of the English Language (1755), is the most influential and idiosyncratic lexicon ever written and was used by Jane Austen and Charles Dickens, the Brontës and the Brownings, Thomas Hardy and Oscar Wilde. This anthology includes 4,000 of the most representative, entertaining, and historically fascinating entries, covering subjects from fashion to food, science to sex, and given in full with original spelling and examples of usage from Shakespeare to Milton.
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- Title
- A Dictionary of the English Language: In Which the Words are Deduced from their Origin 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. [2 vols, in 3]
- Author
- Johnson, Samuel
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- None as issued
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- G. and J. Offor et al.
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1822
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- Samuel Johnson Dictionary London
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