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JOHNSON, SAMUEL. A Dictionary of the English Language...in Four Volumes. First American, from the Eleventh London Edition. To which are added, Walker's Principles of English Pronunciation. Philadelphia: Moses Thomas, 1818-18-19-19. Four volumes. Thick 4to. Frontis. of Johnson. Half-title in all four volumes. Full contemp. calf, two leather labels on each volume. All edges marbled. Bindings scuffed but sound. Occasional water staining, but unfoxed. A very good set. $1,500.00
S & S 44473 for a two-volume set the same year, by the same publisher, also designated the first American edition. This four-volume first complete American edition of Johnson's famed unabridged dictionary is not recorded by Imprints, but is listed in NUC. Both editions are remarkably scarce, and are preceded in America only by early 19th century heavily abridged or miniature editions.