JOHNSON, Samuel. A Dictionary of the English Language. London: Printed for J.F. and C. Rivington, 1785 [frontispiece dated 1787]. Engraved frontispiece portrait (dated 1787). 2o. (A few leaves with very light, mostly marginal, browning or dampstaining, marginal restoration to leaf 3Z2, minor creasing to a few corners.) Contemporary mottled calf, gilt fillet on covers, gilt-stamped red morocco lettering piece, edges tooled in blind (rebacked with corners and edges renewed, new endpapers, light wear to extremities). Seventh edition.