Books

4 vols in early 20th century binding; black half-leather with gilt titles to spine, mottled paper covered boards, and marbled endpapers. Boards lightly rubbed and scratched with chipping to edges. Some rubbing to bottom of front board of vol 3. Unfortunately there is water staining and wrinkling to the bottom half of the pages throughout all four textblocks, visible on closed edges also, however, on many pages the staining is light, and barely noticeable on some pages, and the text remains clean and crisp. Hinges cracked but textblocks remain solid. Size: 4to.

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.