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A Dictionary of the English language: in which the words are deduced from their originals . to which are prefixed a history of the language, and an English grammar.
de JOHNSON SAMUEL
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CHESHUNT, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom
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London: Printed for W. Strahan, for W. Strahan, J. & F. Rivington, Etc, 1784. Complete in 2 volumes. Books measure 44x27.cm. Unpaginated. Bound in modern full leather, panelled boards, raised bands, gilt tooling, leather labels, marble endpapers. Bindings in near fine condition. Internally, some minor repairs of nicks, soiling, staining to top margin of about 180pp in volume 2, slightly heavier, becoming lighter as pages progress. Generally pages in good condition. A good copy, in near fine bindings. The fifth and final edition of Johnson's Dictionary to be published in his lifetime, and the final edition to be published as a full, unabridged two-volume folio. Fifth Edition. Very Good. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall.
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Surprising, colorful, and long-forgotten entries from the most famous dictionary in the history of the English language Samuel Johnson's best-known work, A Dictionary of the English Language (1755), is the most influential and idiosyncratic lexicon ever written and was used by Jane Austen and Charles Dickens, the Brontës and the Brownings, Thomas Hardy and Oscar Wilde. This anthology includes 4,000 of the most representative, entertaining, and historically fascinating entries, covering subjects from fashion to food, science to sex, and given in full with original spelling and examples of usage from Shakespeare to Milton.
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- George Jeffery Books
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- 013563
- Título
- A Dictionary of the English language: in which the words are deduced from their originals . to which are prefixed a history of the language, and an English grammar.
- Autor
- JOHNSON SAMUEL
- Estado del libro
- Usado - Muy bueno
- Edición
- Fifth Edition
- Encuadernación
- Tapa dura
- Editorial
- Printed for W. Strahan, for W. Strahan, J. & F. Rivington, Etc
- Lugar de publicación
- London
- Fecha de publicación
- 1784
- Tamaño
- Folio - over 12" - 15"
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- Dictionary Samuel Johnson
- Catálogos del vendedor
- Antiquarian;
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