A Dictionary of the English Language: In which the Words are deduced from their Originals and Illustrated in their Different Significations by Examples of the Language and An English Grammar. 2 vols. in one.

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(London: Times Books 1979). Thick large folio. Orig. imitation morocco. Gilt. Speckled text-block. Printed in double-column. Facsimile reprint of 1855 edition. Very light toning on end-papers. Housed in imitation morocco slip-case. NOTE: Johnson's Dictionary remains the benchmark against which all lexicographic works are still judged. Samuel Johnson (1709-1874) was poet essay writer biographer famous lexicographer and critic of English literature.