Author: Johnson, Samuel
Title: Johnson's Dictionary
Publication Information: London: W. Strahan, MDCCLV
Call #: 423 J637d
Book Size: 42.5 cm (H); 26 cm (L); 9.5 cm (spine)
Cover: mottled calf cover (which looks like tree grain pattern); possibly an acid wash on the cover. The spine has "Johnson's Dictionary " in gold on a black background; "A", "K" and a Roman "I" in brackets on red background, to indicate Volume I, letters A through K. Note gold floral design on the edge of the cover (but not inside the cover edge) - probably done with a wheel.
Inside Book Covers: plain pages
Paper Edges: plain
Illustrations: --
Comments:
- Note red and black ink on the title page
- Note Preface
- includes a History of the English Language
- note that dictionary entries include examples from fiction and nonfiction to exemplify meaning.
- the rare Book Room has a copy of Bailey's Dictionary, which served as a source/precedent for.
- 18th-Century British Text Production
- History of Dictionaries and Language
- Canonicity
