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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 prefixed a history of the language, and an English grammar

Collection:
Medicine in the Americas, 1610-1920
Alternate Title(s):
Johnson's Dictionary of the English language
Author(s):
Johnson, Samuel, 1709-1784
Contributor(s):
Walker, John, 1732-1807
Maxwell, James, 1783 or 1784-1845, publisher
Maxwell, James, 1783 or 1784-1845, printer
Fairman, Gideon, 1774-1827, engraver
Bayne-Jones, Stanhope, 1888-1970, donor
Smith, Erwin F. (Erwin Frink), 1854-1927, former owner
Publication:
Philadelphia : Printed and published by James Maxwell, 1819
Language(s):
English
Format:
Text
Genre(s):
Dictionary
Copyright:
The National Library of Medicine believes this item to be in the public domain (More information)
Extent:
2 v.
Edition:
First American, from the eleventh London edition. To which are added, Walker's Principles of English pronunciation
Illustrations:
Portraits
NLM Unique ID:
0037263 (See catalog record)
Permanent Link:
http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/0037263