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London: Printed by John Jarvis, and sold by John Fielding.., 1786. Bound in contemporary half-leather with publisher's marbled boards, red leather spine label, spine title gilt. 4to. Bound in contemporary half-leather with publisher's marbled boards, red leather spine label, spine title gilt. [74] plus unpaginated lexicon in triple column; [2] & unpaginated lexicon; bound with the half-title in vol. I. Two volumes. No edition stated, possibly the sixth edition. Only the slightest rubbing to the marbled paper boards and soiling to preliminary pages, else a tight, bright, and unmarred copy. Includes the Preface, Life, History of the English Language, and Grammar, in double column; the dictionary in triple; and the Appendix in tripple at rear of Vol. II. Engraved frontispiece of Samuel johnson after Bartolozzi. Contains a Life of Johnson, the original preface, and the History of the English Language, with the grammar. Includes a 6-page Appendix of Words either totally Omitted from…

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.