cassiodor: 1st Print 1755! 2 Quarto Vol. Johnson: Dictionary of the English Language

1st Print 1755! 2 Quarto Vol. Johnson: Dictionary of the English Language

[Johnson, Samuel: A dictionary of the English Language in which the words are deduced from their originals and illustrated in their different signification by examples from the best writers. To which are prefixed A history of the Language and An English Grammar. Strahan, Knopton, Longman …, London 1755]. 2 Vol., binding is halfleather, quarto, each ar. 1000 pages. Each with missing title-pages. Vol.I missing: Title, preface (10 pages), history (pages) 1-10 and 13-18. Vol.II: missing title page (if there was one). Else complete. I and II with handwritten title page, done around 1800.

Title pages with tears, I 1st and last leaf with tears, front-covers of bindings loose, binding spotted, I with Leinwand, II with handwritten year “1802” on cover inside, bindings and pages with minor traces of use. Else fine. Bd. I fehlen Titelei, preface (10 Seiten), history SS. 1-10 und 13-18, I mit lädiertem erstem und letztem Blatt (fachmännisch restauriert), Einband I mit altem Klebeband. Bde. I und II: Titeleien fehlen, Bd. I und II mit handgeschriebener Titelei um 1800, beide Vorderdeckel lose, Blöcke partiell falzig und fleckig, sonst schön und komplett.

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