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. To which are prefixed, a history of the language, and an English grammar. By Samuel Johnson, A.M In two volumes ...
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- Imprint
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London: printed by W. Strahan, for J. Knapton; C. Hitch and L. Hawes; A. Millar; R. and J. Dodsley; and M. and T. Longman, 1756.
- Publication year
- 1756-1756
- ESTC No.
- N54790
- Grub Street ID
- 38436
- Description
- 2v. ; 2⁰
- Note
- Issued in parts.
Titlepage in red and black.
- Uncontrolled note
- Alston reports a folio 2d ed. in which v.1 is dated 1755, with a different imprint, and v.2 is as above (see Alston V 178); this ed. not in Alston, nor in the Cordell Collection catalogue, which reports the 2d ed. as Alston