Lot 361
Samuel Johnson, A Dictionary of the English language: 4to, two vols, sixth edition, London, J.F. Rivington, L. Davis, T. Payne and Son [et al], 1785. Half leather, the early boards rebacked; the first volume with engraved frontispiece portrait of Johnson.
Together with a Folio Society edition of Boswell's Life of Johnson, and volumes of Boswell's Journal.
Estimate $800 - $1,200
scratches and minor stains to covers, along with wear to edges. foxing throughout along with ink spill and stains to paper edges
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Leonard Joel makes no guarantee of the originality of mechanical or applied components. Absence of reference to such modifications does not imply that a lot is free from modifications.
The sixth edition of Johnson's Dictionary, published the year after his death, was the last edition to incorporate his own revisions and additions to his earlier work.
The Frank & Jill Jones Collection
AUCTION
Sale: LJ8278
5:00pm - 10 December 2018
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