Dr. Johnson and Noah Webster: Two Men & Their Dictionaries

1971

by [Leaf Book]. Littlejohn, David
1971. San Francisco: The Book Club of California, 1971.

4to, 86 pp. With illustrations and two original leaves inserted. Quarter blue cloth and paper boards with gold decoration on front & back covers; leather & gilt title label. Bookplate. Very good with original prospectus laid in.

ยง Limited to 500 copies designed and printed by Grabhorn-Hoyem. Illustrated with a matched pair of original leaves from A Dictionary of the English Language by Samuel Johnson, A.M. (1755), and An American Dictionary of the English Language by Noah Webster, LL.D. (1828), "Sla-Sle" allowing comparison of the men's definitions of Slattern, Slave, and Sleep, among other words. (Inventory #: 126715)
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