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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• Samuel Johnson (Author)

Imprint

London : printed by W. Strahan, for J. Knapton; C. Hitch and L. Hawes; A. Millar; R. and J. Dodsley; and M. and T. Longman, MDCCLVI. [1756] The second edition.; ..

Publication year

1756

ESTC No.

N54790

Grub Street ID

38436

Description

2v. ; 2°.

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