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, 2 volumes, the fifth edition, London: W. Strahan, J.F. & C. Rivington and others, 1784, titles printed in red and black (cloth tape strengthening to inner margin of volume 1 title), occasional minor spotting, modern full sheep, contrasting morocco spine labels, extremities rubbed and scuffed, folio Courtney p.57. Fifth edition of the first standard English dictionary, of which 1,000 copies were printed. (2)
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, 2 volumes, the fifth edition, London: W. Strahan, J.F. & C. Rivington and others, 1784, titles printed in red and black (cloth tape strengthening to inner margin of volume 1 title), occasional minor spotting, modern full sheep, contrasting morocco spine labels, extremities rubbed and scuffed, folio Courtney p.57. Fifth edition of the first standard English dictionary, of which 1,000 copies were printed. (2)
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