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JOHNSON, Samuel (1709-1784). A Dictionary of the English Language. London: J.F. & C. Rivington et al, 1792. Tenth edition.
Sale 1097 - Fine Printed Books & Manuscripts, Including Americana
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JOHNSON, Samuel (1709-1784). A Dictionary of the English Language. London: J.F. & C. Rivington et al, 1792. 

8vo (210 x 131 mm). Headings and text in 2 columns. (Light toning to margins, some soiling or staining.) Contemporary speckled sheep, red leather lettering-piece gilt (rebacked preserving lettering-piece, slight wear to extremities). Provenance: J.C. Hippen (stamp to rear pastedown).

Tenth edition of Johnson's "most amazing, enduring and endearing one-man feat in the field of lexicography" (PM). ESTC T116651 for earlier edition. 

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