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JOHNSON, Samuel (1709-84). A Dictionary of the English Language, edited by H. J. Todd. London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1818. 4 volumes, 4° (277 x 212mm). Half titles in vols. I and III, engraved portrait of Samuel Johnson (portrait spotted, occasionally light spotting). Contemporary armorial calf gilt (inconspicuously rebacked, rubbed and scuffed, a few strips worn). Provenance: "John Hanmer Underwood, Brazen Nose College, Oxford, 1824" (signature on front free endpapers) -- "Munificentia Hulmiana" (armorial on covers) -- Thomas ?Hegwood, Hope End, Ledbury (later inscription). (4)

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JOHNSON, Samuel (1709-84). A Dictionary of the English Language, edited by H. J. Todd. London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1818. 4 volumes, 4° (277 x 212mm). Half titles in vols. I and III, engraved portrait of Samuel Johnson (portrait spotted, occasionally light spotting). Contemporary armorial calf gilt (inconspicuously rebacked, rubbed and scuffed, a few strips worn). Provenance: "John Hanmer Underwood, Brazen Nose College, Oxford, 1824" (signature on front free endpapers) -- "Munificentia Hulmiana" (armorial on covers) -- Thomas ?Hegwood, Hope End, Ledbury (later inscription). (4)
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