[JOHNSON, Samuel (1709-1784)]. A Dictionary of the English Language: in which the Words are Deduced from their Originals, and Illustrated in their Different Significations by Examples from the Best Writers. To which are Prefixed, a History of the Language, and an English Grammar. London: printed for J. F. and C. Rivington, L. Davis, T. Payne and Son, W. Owen, T. Longman [and 21 others], M.DCC.LXXXV. [1785].
Hardcover. Seventh edition, the first unabridged one-volume edition. Leather-bound. Folio, In-2⁰, (450 x 290mm), pp. 1150. Signatures: [a]-k2 B-9Z2 [chi]1 2A-24A2 24B1. Text in multiple columns. Recent professional rebacking in period style with leather title label tooled in gilt, retaining the original blind paneled boards. Marbled page edges and endpapers. Portrait frontispiece engraved by Thomas Cook from an original painting by Sir Joshua Reynolds in the possession of B. Langton, Esq.
Condition: GOOD to VERY GOOD. Collated complete. Binding tight and secure. Some light wear to extremities of original boards. Light offsetting to title, the contents otherwise excellent. Without previous ownership markings. A large and heavy book.
Notes: The first unabridged one-volume edition, printed immediately following Johnson's death in 1784. [Ref: Alston, V 182].
