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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.
de JOHNSON, Samuel
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London: Printed by W. Strahan for J. & P. Knapton, [et al.], 1755. First Edition. Two vols. in full calf. Very Good. Two volumes. Stout folio. Title pages printed in red and black. Bound in modern full calf with raised bands and brown morocco labels on spines. A few minor marginal tears with subtle, expert repairs. Text generally quite clean. First edition of Johnson's landmark dictionary bound in stately period-style full ornate calf gilt. A writing pen has been place in the foreground of one of the photos to indicate size of the folio volumes.
Johnson's achievement introduced principles of lexicography that had been accepted in continental Europe, but remained uncodified in mid-18th century England. In sum, he gave us the King's English. The catalog to the exhibit Printing and the Mind of Man reveals, "Johnson's dictionary to be "the most amazing, enduring, and endearing one-man performance in the filed of lexicography." Further, "Johnson's lucid and often idiosyncratic definitions have kept their freshness, and the Dictionary may still be consulted for instruction or pleasure."
A beautiful set of the folio first edition, handsomely bound. PMM, 344. Shipping, at cost, to be agreed upon.
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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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- Título
- 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
- Autor
- JOHNSON, Samuel
- Formato/Encuadernación
- Two vols. in full calf
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- First Edition
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- Printed by W. Strahan for J. & P. Knapton, [et al.]
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- London
- Fecha de publicación
- 1755
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