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[FOLIO SOCIETY]. JOHNSON, Samuel. A Dictionary of the English Language… [Bury St Edmunds and London: St Edmundsbury Press for The Folio Society, 2006]. 2 volumes, large folio (419 x 260 mm). Titles printed in red and black. Original publisher’s half speckled calf with marbled sides, red and green leather lettering–pieces gilt, raised bands, all edges marbled, bound by Smith Settle of Otley; original cloth slipcase with printed label. With original publisher’s packaging and mailer. LIMITED EDITION, number 162 of 1000 copies. A facsimile of the 1755 first edition of Johnson’s dictionary. A FINE SET.