JOHNSON, Samuel.
A Dictionary of the English Language... Abstracted from the folio edition, by Samuel Johnson, A.M. To which is prefixed, a grammar of the English language.
London, Printed for J. Knapton et al., 1756.
The abridged edition, although much truncated in content, remains important as the means by which most readers became familiar with Johnson's work.
With excellent provenance for the Poet Laureate John Masefield (1868-1967). The dictionary was bequeathed by Robert Mason (d.1841) to Queen's College, Oxford
First abridged edition; 2 vols; 8vo (21.5 x 13.5 cm); bookplates to front pastedowns, booklabel to front pastedown of vol. I, ex libris stamp to title verso, offsetting to margins of title and prelims otherwise internally clean; modern period-style half calf, marbled boards, contrasting red morocco lettering-pieces to spines, very good.
Stock code 120791
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A Dictionary of the English Language...
XENOPHON; FIELDING, Sarah (translator).
Xenophon's Memoirs of Socrates.
1762.
A handsomely bound first edition of Sarah Fielding's translation of Xenophon's Memoirs of Socrates.
£1,250.00
WOTTON, William; BENTLEY, Richard.
Reflections upon Ancient and Modern Learning...
1697.
The second edition, much expanded of William Wotton's Reflections upon Ancient and Modern Learning, bound with Richard Bentley's Dissertation for the first time
£750.00
