Item #315632 Johnson's dictionary: being an account of certain facts concerning its author: method of preparation: significance: and containing references to various interesting definitions and an attempt to relate certain aspects of that great work to the contemporary philological debate. Loren Rothschild.

Johnson's dictionary: being an account of certain facts concerning its author: method of preparation: significance: and containing references to various interesting definitions and an attempt to relate certain aspects of that great work to the contemporary philological debate

1984, 1st edition. Pacific Palisades, California: Rasselas Press. Very good paperback copy; wrappers slightly dulled and edge-nicked. Bright and clean internally. Remains particularly well-preserved overall. Item #315632

Physical description: 24 pages: illustrations, portraits; 25 cm. Notes: "1000 copies have been printed in Baskerville types on Linweave Laid paper by Patrick Reagh, Printers of which 250 numbered copies have been handsewn and reserved for members of the Book Collectors Club of Los Angeles."--Colophon. Subjects: Johnson, Samuel, -- 1709-1784. -- Dictionary of the English language. Dictionary of the English language (Johnson, Samuel)
English language -- Lexicography.

Price: €14.95

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