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. ...
Dr Samuel Johnson (1709-1784)
Category
Books
Date
1785
Materials
Place of origin
London
Collection
Felbrigg, Norfolk
NT 3222516
Summary
Bibliographic description
The sixth edition. 2v., plate : ill., port. ; 4to. Imperfect: wants v.1 half-title present in some copies. Old Felbrigg shelfmarks: [in pencil at front] Z5. Provenance: armorial bookplate on pastedown, lettered "William Lukin" [i.e. Vice-Admiral William Lukin, later William Lukin Windham (1768 –1833)]. Binding: eighteenth-century calf; gilt ruled spine, with five raised bands; gilt lettered and numbered red and green spine labels.
Makers and roles
Dr Samuel Johnson (1709-1784)