- Creator:
- Johnson, Samuel, 1709-1784
- Published / Created:
- 1755
- Call Number:
- GEN MSS VOL 728 (Oversize)
- Image Count:
- 841
- Resource Type:
- Books, Journals & Pamphlets
- Abstract:
- Published on April 15, 1755 and written largely single-handedly by Samuel Johnson. Sometimes published as "Johnson's Dictionary." The first edition was published in two folio volumes; later editions were published in four volumes.
- Description:
- Four volume printer's proof with manuscript notes throughout.
- Publisher:
- Printed by W. Strahan, for J. and P. Knapton [etc.]
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > A General dictionary of the English language
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