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The plan of a dictionary of the English language; addressed to the Right Honourable Philip Dormer, Earl of Chesterfield; ...
Historical Society of Pennsylvania - Closed Stacks Am 1786 Rus (b.w.) Af.397.4
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Johnson, Samuel, 1709-1784 4399
- Language:
- English
- Physical Description:
- [2],34p. ; 4°.
- Place of Publication:
- London : printed for J. and P. Knapton, T. Longman and T. Shewell, C. Hitch, A. Millar, and R. Dodsley, 1747.
- Notes:
- In this issue p.1 begins: "My Lord, .. ".
- Press figure on p.2: 1.
- Lines 1 and 2 on p.34 incorrectly read: " .. and in the the mazes".
- Variant: misprint on p.34 corrected.
- Local Notes:
- HSP in LCP.
- Benjamin Franklin's copy.
- Bound with Rush, Oration, q.v.; item 4 in volume. Signature, inked out, on title: Jacob Duché. Modern half sheep over contemporary marbled boards; bound with other items. Dedicated to Franklin; signature cut off from upper right corner of title; purchased from Dufief, 1801- 03, by Col. William Duane; sold by him in 1822 to the Athenaeum of Philadelphia; sold in turn by it, 22 December 1885, to the Historical Society of Pennsylvania.
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