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 Added a History of the Language, and an English Grammar. [2 vols]

London: J. Johnson, 1806. Ninth Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Two volumes. Thick quartos. 9th Edition corrected and revised. 19th century leather bindings, worn but still quite a serviceable set of "The most amazing, enduring and endearing one-man feat in the field of lexicography...Johnson's book may still be consulted for instruction as well as pleasure." (PMM). Additional engraved portait of Johnson laid in. A note by a previous owner, L. E. Turner, on a front blank reads: "These two hefty volumes were bought second hand in a shop on Charing Cross Road - not Foyles - for five shillings. A friend with me, and I, carried them home, one each." (Inventory #: WB16305)