Johnson, Samuel

2 volumes folio (16 3/8 x 10 1/4 in.; 416 x 254 mm). Titles printed in red and black; small repairs on the first two leaves of volume 1, tear on leaf C, scattered soiling and foxing, lacking first and final blanks in volume 1. Reverse calf antique, red and black morocco spine labels preserved from an earlier binding; some rubbing and discoloration. 

PMM 201; Rothschild 1237; Courtney & Smith p.54

2 volumes folio (16 3/8 x 10 1/4 in.; 416 x 254 mm). Titles printed in red and black; small repairs on the first two leaves of volume 1, tear on leaf C, scattered soiling and foxing, lacking first and final blanks in volume 1. Reverse calf antique, red and black morocco spine labels preserved from an earlier binding. binding in the style of the time; some rubbing and discoloration.
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First edition of Samuel Johnson's primary work.

"Dr Johnson performed with his Dictionary the most amazing, enduring and endearing one-man feat in the field of lexicography.'" (PMM 201).