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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 ... : in two volumes.
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Johnson, Samuel, 1709-1784.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- English language--Dictionaries.
- English language.
- Genre:
- Dictionaries.
- Penn Provenance:
- Dusar, F. (autograph) (RBC copy 1)
- Willing, Dolly, fl. 1794 (autograph) (RBC copy 2)
- Willing, Richard, fl. 1793 (autograph) (RBC copy 2)
- Willing, Abby (inscription) (RBC copy 2)
- Burr, Charles W. (Charles Walts), 1861- (donor) (RBC copy 1)
- Physical Description:
- 2 volumes ; 43 cm (folio)
- Edition:
- The second edition.
- Place of Publication:
- London : Printed by W. Strahan, for J. and P. Knapton, T. and T. Longman, C. Hitch and L. Hawes, A. Millar, and R. and J. Dodsley, 1755-1756.
- Notes:
- Vol. 2 has a variant publisher statement: Printed by W. Strahan for J. Knapton, C. Hitch and L. Hawes, A. Millar, R. and J. Dodsley, and M. and T. Longman.
- Issued in parts. Cf. Chapman, R.W. and Hazen, R.T. "Johnsonian Bibliography" Oxford Bibliographic Society, Proceedings & Papers, V, iii (1938), 138.
- OCLC:
- 7761060
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