[DICTIONARIES]. A group of dictionaries, comprising: JOHNSON, Samuel. A Dictionary of the English Language. Dublin: W.G. Jones for Thomas Ewing, 1768. 8°. Text printed in two columns. Later calf. Third edition. – WEBSTER, Noah. A Compendious Dictionary of the English Language. New Haven: From Sidney’s press for Hudson & Goodwin and others, 1806. 8°. Text printed in two columns. Contemporary calf. FIRST EDITION. JOHNSON, Samuel. A Dictionary of the English Language. Philadelphia: Moses Thomas, 1818-1819. 4 volumes, 8°. Engraved portrait frontispiece. Contemporary reversed calf. FIRST AMERICAN EDITION of Johnson’s Dictionary. – OBALDISTON, William Augustus. The Universal Sportsman: or, Nobleman, Gentleman, and Farmer’s Dictionary of Recreation and Amusement. Dublin: T.M. Bates, [1799]. 4°. Numerous hand-colored engraved plates. Contemporary calf. Provenance: Rich. Waller (bookplate). – Together, 4 works in 7 volumes, condition varies.