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JOHNSON, Samuel (1709-84). A Dictionary of the English Language ... Sixth Edition, London: J. F. & C. Rivington and others, 1785. 2 volumes. 4° (270 x 210mm.). Engraved portrait frontispiece after Joshua Reynolds. (Dampstain affecting top margin of frontispiece). Contemporary speckled calf. (Worn). Provenance: Francis Pagan, Christmas 1940 (ownership inscription to front free endpapers). Courtney & Smith p.57. (2)