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THBS Johnson's A Dictionary of the English Language 1799
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This set is titled 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, In Which Are Prefixed, A History of the Language, And An English Grammar. This is a landmark work in lexicography by Samuel Johnson (1709 - 1784), an influential English writer, word aficionado, and critic. Renowned for his masterful command of the English language, Johnson compiled the first comprehensive dictionary of the English language, originally published in 1755, and this is the eighth edition published in two volumes in 1799.
The first volume here includes a frontis portrait of Johnson engraved from an original painting by Sir Joshua Reynold, the title page, it was printed by Plummer and Brevis at Love Lane in Eastcheap, it has a list of Subscribers’ Names, an Essay on the Life and Genius of Samuel Johnson, Rules and Directions to be Observed by the Natives of Ireland, Scotland, and Wales … for Acquiring a Perfect Knowledge of the Marks Used in this Dictionary, a Preface, a History of the English Language and a Grammar of English (“A Grammar of the English Tongue”), both printed in two columns, followed by the Dictionary with the text printed in three columns and a lexicon that runs from A to Jymold, and the second volume has the same title and goes from K to Zootomy. Both books were published by T. Fisher et al, and together they probably run in excess of two thousand pages.
Both books measure 10 7/8 x 9 x 2 3/4 inches deep and are in very good condition for their age. The spines have been rebacked and there are new endpapers, but the rest of the pages are original to the books. There is light rubbing and wear on the covers, occasional brown spots in the text, small single wormholes towards the end of Volume II - the books have not been devoured by worms - and overall the books have held up pretty well for being published in the late 1700’s.
The first editions published by Strahan in 1755 would cost you upwards of $75,000, so this set is a bargain.
Size: 10 7/8 x 9 x 2 3/4 in.
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