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2 vols. Unpaginated. Full calf. Raised bands with red leather labels and gilt title to spines. Vol.I with half title page and a portrait frontis.of Johnson. Text in 3 column. 28.3x23cm. Boards somewhat rubbed, stained and chipped at corners. Spine rubbed and faded, title label chipped. Edges light stained. Joint of front cover of each vol. started and joint of front flyleaf partly torn. Ownership signature to front flyleaf of each vol. From e.ps.to preface of vol.1 foxing and spotted. E.ps.and flyleaves of vol.2 spotted. Half title page of vol.2 missing. Front flyleaves of each vol.wrinkled. Pages light spotted. [The complete text, with Johnson's final corrections. "There was no folio sixth edition, just this quarto, which was printed from Samuel Johnson's own corrected copy of the fourth folio edition(1773), which he bequeathed to Sir Joshua Reynolds c.Thouth several printers were involved in the production of this sixth edition, Strahan's account shows that both the sixth(quarto) and the seventh(folio) were printed together. Moreover, the evidence of typesetting shows that the type set for the quarto was readjusted, but not reset, to make up the folio pages.] [aj1017-300897].

Samuel Johnson's 'A Dictionary of the English Language' is among the most influential dictionaries in the history of the English language. First published on 15 April 1755, the dictionary offered comprehensive definitions and illustrative examples of usage.