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(DICTIONARY). JOHNSON, SAMUEL. A Dictionary of the English Language...Abstracted from the Folio Edition...To which is prefixed, a Grammar of the English Language. In Two Volumes. London: Printed for J. Knapton, 1760. 8vo. Contemp. plain calf, banded spines, spines numbered only. An excellent set with the contemporary engraved bookplates of Samuel Ashby of Trinity College, Cambridge. $1,750.00

 

Printing and the Mind of Man, 201 (1755 edition).