JOHNSON, Samuel. A Dictionary of the English Language, London, for J. Knapton, C. Hill and L. Hawes, 1756, 2 vols., 2°, second edition (lacks signature 5R, title to vol. II laid down, occasional light spotting and soiling), later half morocco (upper joint of vol. I slightly split, extremities rubbed). [Courtney & Smith p. 55] (2)

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JOHNSON, Samuel. A Dictionary of the English Language, London, for J. Knapton, C. Hill and L. Hawes, 1756, 2 vols., 2°, second edition (lacks signature 5R, title to vol. II laid down, occasional light spotting and soiling), later half morocco (upper joint of vol. I slightly split, extremities rubbed). [Courtney & Smith p. 55] (2)

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The second edition, published serially, is essentially a reprint of the first. Subscribers could obtain "weekly numbers at six-pence each", or for a shilling they could get it twice as quickly in numbers containing double the number of sheets.